Black, Holly - The Folk of the Air 02 - The Wicked King by Black Holly
Author:Black, Holly [Black, Holly]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Published: 2019-01-08T00:00:00+00:00
I make my way to my sisterâs apartment. Though in the past Iâve donned mortal clothing to walk around the mall and tried to behave in such a way as would be above suspicion, it turns out that arriving in Maine in a doublet and riding boots draws a few stares but no fear that I have come from another world.
Perhaps I am part of a medieval festival, a girl suggests as I pass her. She went to one a few years ago and enjoyed the joust very much. She had a large turkey leg and tried mead for the first time.
âIt goes to your head,â I tell her. She agrees.
An elderly man with a newspaper remarks that I must be doing Shakespeare in the park. A few louts on some steps call out to me that Halloween is in October.
The Folk doubtlessly learned this lesson long ago. They do not need to deceive humans. Humans will deceive themselves.
It is with this fresh in my mind that I cross a lawn full of dandelions, go up the steps to my sisterâs door, and knock.
Heather opens it. Her pink hair is freshly dyed for the wedding. For a moment, she looks taken abackâprobably by my outfitâand then smiles, opening the door wide. âHi! Thanks for being willing to drive. Everythingâs mostly packed. Is your car big enough?â
âDefinitely,â I lie, looking around the kitchen for Vivi with a kind of desperation. How is my big sister thinking this is going to go if she hasnât told Heather anything? If she believes I have a car instead of ragwort stalks.
âJude!â Oak yells, hopping down from his seat at the table. He throws his arms around me. âCan we go? Are we going? I made everyone presents at school.â
âLetâs see what Vivi says,â I tell him, and give him a squeeze. Heâs more solid than I remembered. Even his horns seem slightly longer, although he canât have grown that much in just a few months, can he?
Heather throws a switch, and the coffeepot starts chugging away. Oak climbs onto a chair and pours candy-colored cereal into a bowl and begins eating it dry.
I sidle past and head into the next room. Thereâs Heatherâs desk, piled with sketches and markers and paints. Prints of her work are taped to the wall above.
Besides making comics, Heather works part time at a copy shop to help cover bills. She believes Vivi has a job, too, which may or may not be a fiction. There are jobs for the Folk in the mortal world, just not the sort of jobs one tells oneâs human girlfriend about.
Especially if one has conveniently never mentioned one isnât human.
Their furniture is a collection of stuff from garage sales, salvage places, and the side of the road. Covering the walls are old plates with funny, big-eyed animals; cross-stitches with ominous phrases; and Heatherâs collection of disco memorabilia, more of her art, and Oakâs crayon drawings.
In one, Vivi and Heather and Oak are together,
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