A Shade of Vampire 69_A Birth of Fire by Bella Forrest

Author:Bella Forrest [Forrest, Bella]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Nightlight Press
Published: 2018-12-21T16:00:00+00:00

Taeral

Needless to say, I was feeling a lot better.

The investigation had a clear course now. We had leads and means of following up on them. Most importantly, a resolution seemed closer than before. My people needed closure, and plenty of innocent lives could be saved in the process.

Granted, I had no idea how to stop a rogue fire Hermessi, and there was no guarantee that the shipment from Persea to Akvo had actually contained the museum samples, but I couldn’t let any of that get me down. We knew a lot more now than we had this morning. We didn’t know how or why this entity was committing such atrocities, but I figured we’d ask him once we found him. The fae side of me was strong, and I was determined enough to summon the fire Hermessi as soon as we learned which one he was.

With that in mind, I guided my team back to the portal on top of Luceria. I had Akvo’s coordinates handy, along with many others, stored in a little black notebook I kept hidden in a chest pocket. We’d made some progress with installing new portals on the four fae planets, thanks to the discovery of serium—it still wasn’t an easy feat for the witches, but the glowing blue crystal had helped establish new access points on Zephyr, Akvo, the Fire Star and the Emerald, along with the existing ones in Eritopia, The Shade, Neraka and Strava. We said goodbye to Draven and Serena again, and promised to stay in touch via our earpieces and Telluris in case the equipment failed.

Amelia had already briefed the rest of GASP, so we were leaving Calliope with all our affairs in order. By the time I introduced Akvo’s coordinates into the portal’s stone frame, the moon had risen proudly above. Midnight was only a couple of hours away.

“Everyone ready?” I asked, then glanced over my shoulder to check on the team.

Amelia was the first to nod, after she put her tablet away, then pulled her hood and mask to cover her head and face. She noticed my curious expression and shrugged.

“It’s daytime on Akvo. I checked,” she said.

“Ah, nice one!” Varga replied, then covered himself.

Eva grinned, then did the same before she looked at me. “So, yes, we’re ready.”

“Raphael? Herakles? Riza? How about you?” I asked.

Herakles had a mouthful of casserole, gleefully scarfing it down. Varga had kept his promise and brought up some food from the castle’s kitchen shortly after dinner. We’d finished late in the library, so, by the time we got to the dining hall, the tables had already been cleared.

“I’m great,” Herakles managed after he swallowed.

Raphael couldn’t take his eyes off Herakles. “Yeah, we’re good,” he said, half smiling.

I, too, was amused by the hilarious contrast between Herakles’s bulky, massive figure and his often-childish demeanor. He was a rebel and a pirate by nature, but that was mostly when he was left on his own—that was when he was most prone to rising against the system, in general.

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