The Secret Library: The Last Garden by J. C. Gilbert

Author:J. C. Gilbert [Gilbert, J. C.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Tardigrade House
Published: 2019-09-11T22:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER EIGHTEEN

There were gasps and cries from the apartments above us as the central skyscraper smoked from the point of impact and began to collapse.

“Something must have changed,” said Darcy. “I didn’t know Daniel was capable of something like this. There were people in there. My god.”

“Then we have to do something and do it quickly,” I said.

Darcy shook his head. “What is there to be done? He is powerful, Alex. I have never before seen power like his. It is like he has tapped into the raw code of reality and is just reshaping it to his will. If we knew where he got the power, then things may be different, but I have never seen anything like it.”

I pulled out a crumpled sheet of Mom’s writing from my bag and handed it to Darcy. “Does this look familiar?” I asked. “I think it is Elvish.”

“Yes, I think you are right. Do you know what it says?” he asked.

“No idea.”

“Where did you get this?”

“My mom had it. This is her writing. I think she was making copies of something.”

“That would explain why he has kept the museum staff hostage. He used them to get this power. But Alex, I have never heard of any elven realm with the power to do anything like this. Elves can usually only stay in this world for a short time before they start to fade.”

“You know elves?” asked Lilly.

“I have had a few run-ins over the years. I will see if I can contact King Polonius. This city is within his borders, and he may be able to shed some light on the situation.”

“Hey,” said Carl, joining our circle. He had a crossbow and looked very uncomfortable. “I’ve come to help.”

Darcy looked him up and down. “No, you stay out of this.”

“Daniel is my friend,” said Carl. “I told you he was getting mixed up in something,” he looked at me with sorrow in his eyes.

“Sorry, I had to go away for a while,” I said, wishing that I had at least passed on his message to Darcy.

Darcy looked at me as I spoke and then glanced back down to the writing.

“I say we just hit him with all we’ve got if you know what I mean,” said Lilly with a wink.

Darcy looked suddenly self-conscious, presumably thinking that Lilly was implying that she knew about his secret. I couldn’t help but sigh. Here to my left was Lilly who had the power of flight as well as all of what the Rose of the Raven could do, and on my right I had Darcy who had been altered during his travels through the multiverse to the point that I was fairly sure that he was the most powerful person I knew, besides Vicious of course. But neither Lilly nor Darcy wanted each other to know their secrets. It was stupid.

“I think Lilly is right,” I said. “As much as I dislike the idea of a fight, we have to at least try. I don’t know how many people were in that building, but we cannot let that happen again.

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