Through the Door by Jodi McIsaac

Author:Jodi McIsaac [McIsaac, Jodi]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Romance, Science Fiction, Contemporary, Adventure, Fantasy
ISBN: 9781612183077
Google: 5RiOkwEACAAJ
Amazon: B00AJXXA4G
Goodreads: 17171950
Publisher: 47North
Published: 2013-04-29T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER THIRTEEN

“There was a monster…did you kill it?” Cedar mumbled as Finn pulled her back onto the shore. She stumbled across the rocks, her arm firmly encased in his grip.

“I’ll explain later,” he said. “Right now we need to get out of here.”

She ducked and screamed as a giant eagle swooped down toward them. He pulled her in close.

“Shh! It’s okay!” he said. “It’s just Riona. The rope has disappeared so she’s going to lift us up to the top of the cliff.”

Cedar closed her mouth tightly to keep herself from screaming again as she felt the eagle’s bony talons close around them like a cage. It lifted them into the air and, seconds later, deposited them gently onto the same grassy bank where she had witnessed most of the battle. Finn immediately lifted her into his arms and started running toward the car. “I can walk!” she protested, but he ignored her. She saw Murdoch settling Oscar’s limp form into the back of the van.

“Is he…?” she asked Finn as he helped her into the car’s back seat and climbed in beside her. Rohan, who was already in the driver’s seat, started the car, and they turned onto the dusty road.

“Dead? Yes,” he answered. “And Molly is badly wounded, but she should be all right once Felix can tend to her. Riona is with her in the van. Anya probably has a concussion, but she’s too proud to admit it, and too distraught to let Felix even look at her. And now we have a new enemy, thanks to Nuala.”

“Where are we going?” she asked. Cedar felt as if she, too, had taken a hit to the head. She tried to focus, to remember what was going on, but her thoughts stumbled around in her head like a drunkard after last call.

“Away from here,” Finn said. “Someplace where we can lay low and figure out what to do next.” His face was pale and his eyes bloodshot. “What happened? All I know is they’re gone. We couldn’t hear their Lýra anymore. Did you see Nuala and Eden go through a sidh?”

“Nuala…” Cedar murmured. “Yes, she was on the rocks by that hut. She went into it. And then…I don’t remember.”

Finn’s mouth grew tight and he put his arm around her, drawing her close. She was too tired to resist, and leaned into him.

“I think I might be in shock,” she said.

“That doesn’t surprise me. Felix can help you once we stop.”

“Riona can turn into a bird.”

“Yes.”

“And there was a giant monster, but it helped me. What was it?”

“Uh, that was me.”

She rubbed her temples, certain she had misheard him. “That was…you?”

“I’m what you would call a shape-shifter. My mother has that ability as well. We can take the shape of any living being. One of the benefits of being a firstborn child is that we sometimes end up with more than one ability.”

Cedar shuddered at the memory.

“I’m sorry I frightened you,” Finn continued. “It’s a good form to take on when warring with creatures of the ocean.

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