The Shadow Court by Stark Jenn

Author:Stark, Jenn [Stark, Jenn]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Elewyn Publishing
Published: 2019-09-30T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter Sixteen

The ride to the boutique hotel was fast and warded—which was good, as Armaeus passed out the moment he folded himself into the sleek limousine.

“What the hell happened to him?” Nikki asked through the in-car system. “He’s practically crackling back there.”

“What do you see when you look at him?”

“Honestly, my gaze keeps shearing away. I try to get a fix on him but can’t hold it. Is he doing that on purpose?”

“I don’t think so, especially not while he’s passed out. But he leveled up when we were in Spain by a lot, and I don’t think he’s fully figured out what that means. How’d you know to come find us?”

“I was dispatched by Simon, who somehow managed to wrangle this sweet ride on zero notice.” She chortled. “Good thing I remember how to drive on the opposite side of the street. Simon said you guys had a tail, but I haven’t seen anyone.”

“We were traveling on foot. Presumably, so were they.”

“Maybe. But that’s not the only problem. We’ve gotten more company since you guys showed up in London.”

“We’ve only been here a little over an hour.”

“Yeah, well, it’s been a busy rotation. Death and the Hierophant showed up within seconds of each other, both of them pissed. Any idea what that’s about?”

“Death, no. The Hierophant, ah…maybe.” I filled her in on what information I knew about the manuscript that Armaeus had recovered. She listened without interruption as I explained the angelic Rosetta-stone nature of the lost section of the Book of Radiance, its locations inside the holy places of Barcelona, and Armaeus’s reaction to cracking the spine. But when I got to the part about the Spanish priest, I heard her suck in a quick breath.

“Since when does Armaeus do anything to humans? Especially people at that pay grade?”

“Exactly. I don’t like it.” I studied Armaeus as she drove, not knowing if he could hear me or not, and not particularly caring. Around us, the wind whistled and sighed, cocooning us with its chatter. “It’s not like him, and I don’t know what that means. It seems that he’s remembered the book and what its purpose was and why it was put where it was, but this, what’s happening now, is new. He also picked up on the fact that we were being followed, but he said they were low-level Connecteds and he didn’t know who they were affiliated with. Which again…”

Nikki clucked her tongue in concern. “Which again is a problem. There are still gaps. This manuscript didn’t seem to fill any of them, except the fact that it existed. He picked up Angel Speak, but he’s not able to connect the dots about the Shadow Court.”

“Not yet,” I agreed. “You guys find anything about the year 1571 that’s important?”

“There was a lot about 1571 that was important, but not a hell of a lot that was actually written down,” Nikki groused. “We think we found it anyway—but hey, here we are. Simon wanted me to dump

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