Visions by Jenna Blackmore

Author:Jenna Blackmore [Blackmore, Jenna]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Rubia tinctorum Press
Published: 2020-01-17T22:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER ELEVEN

Not even the radio in the vehicle provided us with an escape.

“...Many citizens of the Second Corner have gone missing since the recent release of the former king. Some of King Lucifer’s followers have taken to the crime he was accused of in order to upset the new queen’s reign. Some experts say…”

“Let’s turn this off for now, hmm?” Lucifer suggested.

“This is about our case, you know.”

“I can’t listen to this.” We were on our way to Lucifer’s former home, and the news station played on the radio and on our minds.

“...Believes that the former king is to blame for the activities, and his capture has been encouraged…”

“Will you be safe if you go there?” I asked.

“Probably not,” he responded. “Unless I make up a fake identity.”

“Sounds like a good plan.” I looked over at Lucifer. Worry nearly paralyzed him. “Is everything all right?”

“I didn’t kidnap her, yet I know they all still think that I did. She just showed up, and she could’ve left any day she wanted to.”

“People will believe anything. Do you remember how in that old book that was on the shelf in the room you let me stay in, the characters were told that this particular one ruined all this stuff that they were doing, even though it was practically impossible?”

“I didn’t know that you read that book.”

“I read it to the child of my former boss once. It was a decent story, really. The movie ruined it, I’ve heard. What I’m saying is that you’re like that, in a sense.”

“I’ve never thought about it in that way,” he admitted.

“That’s why I’m here, isn’t it?” I turned off the radio as the announcer began explaining something relatively unimportant that was happening in the First Corner. “So about that new identity,” I began.

“I had better choose something good, huh?”

“Here’s a challenge for you. Come up with a name that starts with the same letter as your former name did.”

I feared for a moment that he wouldn’t want me bringing that up, but the light that flashed in his eyes told me that he almost wanted me to know who he had once been. Maybe he just wanted me to uncover it from a vision or something.

“Stop it, Hecate. I’m not that… Ugh, fine. Let me think.” Lucifer raised his head and tapped his fingers on the side of the hovercraft’s door.

“I could help if I knew what your name had been,” I sang, trying to slightly annoy Lucifer.

“I won’t tell you.” He seemed, on the outside again, quite adamant about ignoring his past. I knew he wouldn’t tell me, but it was amusing to see his reactions.

“We’re almost there. Better think of something soon,” I reminded him.

“All right, I’ve got it. I guess I’ll call myself Acheron. Like that mythological river, if you know what I’m talking about.”

“Welcome to the Second Corner, Assistant Detective Acheron. Let’s try to figure out what’s going on.”

As we stopped and exited the vehicle upon reaching our destination, I couldn’t help but to feel a little bit sick or nervous.

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