The Bridge: Traitor by Erik Schubach

Author:Erik Schubach [Schubach, Erik]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Erik Schubach
Published: 2015-01-23T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 8 – Chasing My Own Shadow

Before I left Rene's place, we got a call from Rupert letting me know that the Triumvirate had tasked Sharee to bring me in. She was using him as an early warning system for me, tricky woman. If the Triumvirate thought she was helping me, they would pull her off the hunt and send sentinels after me. She knew I wouldn't fight them.

I needed to find out who was framing me. I know Sharee was on it on her end, but maybe a two pronged assault would be prudent. Plus I had the damn police looking for me. I coughed up some blood as I was telling Rene goodbye. I knew it was from the separation sickness, not my injuries. The fox woman hugged me tightly with that motherly look of concern I have grown to love. Her tail stroked my sides as she whispered, “Be careful Evangeline.”

I grabbed her tail and scratched it, running my fingers through her fur. Her eyes rolled back a bit in her head and she let out a pleased growl as I kissed her furry cheek and said, “I will mama fox. You know me.”

She looked concerned but still chuckled as she shut the door behind me. “That's what I am afraid of dear.” I snorted and then let my brave front drop as I gasped in pain as I limped toward my nexus. I had used far too much energy away from my bridge and even the trickle of power I could pull through the pendant was not enough to combat the sickness and heal me.

I knew logically that the bridge would be watched by every side hunting me. Hellstones and fire, how did things get so complicated so fast? It was like someone was purposefully turning this whole situation into a convoluted mess. That's what the fae of ill intent do, right? Foster discord and chaos? I pondered that for a moment. Was somebody... feeding off of this? That thought made me shudder.

I couldn't be seen Topside and odds are the tunnels were being patrolled as well. I wasn't sure the best way to get to the Roebling. I pulled out my cell and stared at it. It was spelled by Sharee to boost reception so I'd have service even in the Below. We had to deal with the mortal police from time to time so she made sure our phones couldn't be traced.

I chuckled and wiped some fresh blood from my nose. Only a year and a half ago I was just an ordinary girl trying to make her way in the world. Then I was thrust into the supernatural world of Trolls and fae. Now I'm referring to normal straights as mortal like it was second nature. It reminds me that I am no longer technically human.

True I can still be killed, but as long as my Bridge stands, I am locked in a snapshot of true life. Never changing, never aging. I sometimes feel I am just an observer, looking at life through a window from the outside.

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