The Book of Dreams Forgotten: (A Broken Creatures Novel, Book 2) by A.L. Hart

Author:A.L. Hart [Hart, A.L.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-12-04T22:00:00+00:00

Ch. 12

“Peter’s endearing sentiments aside, it’s of no concern to me what happens to the humans or the immortals,” Jera said. “So long as he’s alive, that’s all I need to concern myself with.”

“And how long might that last, Jera?” The dark elf’s silver mirrors glinted in ire, the balls dangled from her ears letting off a faint limn. “How long before the dark energy inside of him destroys him?”

“I’ll cross that bridge when I must. Saving the human’s world, however, has nothing to do with his longevity. Therefore, if he does not wish to go on this mission of yours, I haven’t the need to talk him into it. And seeing as you cannot help me break this bond, I truly—”

“Why lie to him?” Inoli interrupted.

Jera frowned. “Lie?”

“Why lie and pretend you wish for your bond to be broken when this is all you’ve ever wanted in life?”

“Why lie and pretend the only reason you wish for us to heal the gateway is to protect this world?” Jera challenged. “Why not tell Peter of Yuren . . . or Oben?”

The desk chair swiveled with the speed of which Inoli crossed to the succubus. Nose inches apart, Inoli warned, “You do not speak names you do not understand.”

“And you do not speak of business you do not understand,” Jera snarled before stalking from the study.

Jai watched as the demon departed. She and that human hybrid, they were both irrationally emotional, weren’t they?

Meanwhile, she was still wrangling with all the information she’d just ingested, trying to discern truth from lie, but so far everything the dark elf had said made perfect sense. HB’s logistics behind immortals had always been solid, but even beehives had holes in them, and this, it filled them all. Why the labs’ texts contained missing information and mere postulations, why certain immortals were vulnerable to various things beyond an untraceable science.

She felt as though she was sitting in an archive written by the creator of the universe, all truths right here at her disposal. To be offered the chance to enter into a perilous world where even more unexplored truths lay buried beneath millenniums of turmoil? How had Peter passed up such a golden opportunity?

“When do we leave?” she asked the dark elf. She’d been mesmerized by the creature’s presence before, studying the way it moved, trying to place its mother tongue, only to find out the elf likely had no mother tongue known to human history.

“Not for three more weeks, I’m afraid,” she answered. “I am only capable of opening the gateway on a full moon, when dark energy is at its lowest and magic is at its highest. However . . . Jai, there is something I needed to discuss with you. Alone.” She looked to Graves.

The man had been a silent spectator for the most part, his presence forgotten on multiple occasions. But now he peeled himself from the heavy shadows, the air around him doing that odd rippling, before he exited the room without another word.

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