The Cauldron Stirred by Judith Sterling

Author:Judith Sterling [Sterling, Judith]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: romance, fantasy, paranormal, myhtology
Publisher: The Wild Rose Press
Published: 2017-10-14T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 11

I sprinted across the lawn to the fairy mound. On the exact spot where Aengus had stood, I closed my eyes, slowed my breathing, and willed the tension from my body.

I invoked my memory of the Otherworld forest. The rough texture of the mighty oaks. The aroma of bluebells. The fairies’ fluttering wings. The sheer bliss of sharing a secret moment with Aengus.

A brief, tingling sensation swept through my body. I opened my eyes.

Twilight reigned, and the castle was new. The fairy mound was now Eamon’s home.

Oh my God! I did it!

I took a tentative step forward. I was still in the Otherworld.

I stepped forward again and paused. Nothing changed.

For good measure, I took a third step. Still no change.

Euphoria coursed through me. Somehow I’d beaten the odds and done the impossible.

Aengus wasn’t around. With cautious steps, I skirted the mound. Then I knocked on Eamon’s door.

The tiny door opened a few inches, and its owner peeked out. “Oh, it’s you.” He opened the door wide. “On holiday from your body, are ya?”

I shook my head. “Nope. I came here with my body.”

He gaped at me. Finally, he regained his composure and adjusted his red hat. “I little know how you managed it, but now that you’re here, you’ll want to see Aengus.”

“Do you know where he is?”

“Aengus!” he called over his shoulder. “You have a visitor!”

Facing forward again, he raised his arms and moved his hands outward in a commanding gesture. The doorway stretched taller and wider until it was large enough to accommodate a human.

He stepped aside. Aengus emerged but stopped dead in the doorway.

Arms crossed, Eamon looked up at him. “You don’t know the half of it. It isn’t an astral visit. She came here whole.”

Aengus stared at him, then at me. “Impossible.”

I shrugged. “Apparently not.”

He turned back to Eamon.

The leprechaun held up his hands. “Don’t look at me. It wasn’t my doin’.”

I stepped forward. “It was all me. At least I think so. When it happened, I was standing in the same place you were a few minutes ago. Do you think I used some of the energy you left behind?”

Aengus ran a hand through his hair. “It’s hard to say. Even if you did use my energy, how are you maintaining it?”

Eamon huffed. “Clearly, she’s usin’ her own energy to stay here, not yours.” He regarded me. “I wonder…”

I frowned. “What?”

He shook his head. “Nothin’. Nothin’ at all.”

The shriek of a small child rent the air. My heart twisted.

“It’s a little boy,” I said, heedless of the fact I shouldn’t have known that. “He’s up at the road. We have to help him!”

The road in front of the estate was quite a distance from where we stood. How the scream carried so far—and how I knew where it originated—I hadn’t a clue. I only knew I was needed.

I raced up the lawn until Aengus overtook me. He grabbed my hand and sprang skyward, pulling me with him. We flew through the air to the front edge of the property and landed on the stone wall that separated the manor from the street.

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