Dance By Midnight by Phaedra Weldon

Author:Phaedra Weldon
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Paranormal Romance - Changlings, Angels, Fae
Publisher: Caldwell Press
Published: 2013-08-11T07:00:00+00:00

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Mike walked through the place where Gabriel disappeared. The fires vanished. Blood flowed in small rivulets down the left side of his face and he had dirt on his cheek, but he looked good. He immediately came to me and put his hands on my shoulders as Sam released me. "That's some seriously cool blade work. Nice going, Dags."

Uh huh. Too bad I couldn't remember most of it, or how I'd done it to begin with.

"The Grimoire protects, Guardian." Thomas remained where he'd been the whole time. "But remember, it doesn't designate between friendly fire and that of the enemy. If you lose yourself to its Familiars, you could end up hurting someone you love."

I knew on a deep level he was right. Whatever force had taken over and wielded that sword hadn't really cared who Gabriel was. It saw a threat and had taken care of it. I turned and looked at Sam. One side of her face was darker than the other, but I didn't know if that was a bruise or dirt. I also had to ask myself, if she grabbed me in front where I could see her instead of from the back, would I have tried to hurt her as well? "You banished her again?"

"Yeah." Sam dusted herself off. Grey sat at her feet, wagging her tail. "My banishments aren't as strong when I do them alone. Now, if I could have my peeps with me, we could get rid of her for a longer period of time."

"Not permanently?" Mike said.

"No. The gates between the worlds are thin and in some places just plain broken. We have theories on why and we've been able to repair a lot of them, but it's just a small dent in a much bigger problem. All we can do is be little more than goalies and kick 'em back out. Whoever is in charge of keeping the worlds in balance is doing a shit job—it's like they want it to happen. The only world that seems to have serious countermeasures in place is Alfheim."

"This is true," Thomas said, finally striding toward us. "But those same measures were set in place by the ones you blame. Those inhabitants of what you call Alfheim are far more dangerous than in any of the other worlds. Other worlds fear them and the havoc they can wreak on everything else."

"You mean not just this world." Mike pointed to the ground.

Thomas removed his top hat. "Yes. Things are in flux now. Times are changing, becoming more mysterious as walls break, alliances crumble and old enemies wake in the dark." He untied the mantle from the hat, replaced the hat on his head and meticulously folded the mantle as he spoke. "Using the mantle to trade for another life is tantamount to asking Armageddon if it would like to come over for tea and then being surprised that it mounted your cat and escaped through the pet door." He finished folding the mantle until it was perfectly flat.

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