Dragon Fae by Terry Spear

Author:Terry Spear [Spear, Terry]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Young Adult
Published: 2012-09-25T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 9

Feeling an overwhelming sense of dread, Alicia frowned when she hadn’t been able to move Cassie and her to her own castle. “I’m ready,” Cassie said, her voice hushed.

“I know. I tried to take us outside the castle, but I couldn’t get anywhere.” Alicia chewed on her bottom lip. “Ritasia, that’s Deveron’s sister, you remember her, right?”

“Yes, we met at South Padre Island. She was really sweet.”

When Ritasia wanted to be. She had her moments when Alicia had seen the dark fae side of her. No sense in telling Cassie what she didn’t need to know.

“Well, Ritasia couldn’t escape an ancient fae castle because the walls were made up of iron ore. I had to come through the front door when I arrived because this isn’t an open castle. In other words, it’s like a private home in the human’s world. Did you see anyone arrive from outside the castle to the inside? Like just appearing, not coming through the doorway? It might be that smaller manors and castles and homes are built of stone that have iron content to offer protection against uninvited guests. Although some ward their homes against fae travel.”

“I’ve only seen people move from room to room. Micala and I used the front door. When Ena’s brother, Halloran, and her boyfriend left, they vanished, but they could have disappeared from the room we were in and reappeared next to the front door. I don’t know.”

“I just feel the castle is way too quiet.”

“I’ll go with you. I don’t want to be left behind,” Cassie said again.

Alicia took her hand. “Okay, quietly then.”

They left the study and slowly made their way down the corridor, listening for any sounds coming from any of the closed doors down the hall. They heard nothing. They continued until they reached a large room that was mostly empty, a common area where the corridors into the rest of the keep exited, a few benches sitting against the walls, a dragon tile mosaic taking center stage on the floor in the middle of the room. She glanced inside a room that appeared to be the keep’s great room where black leather couches and black leather chairs with elegantly hand carved legs ending in clawed feet filled the expansive space.

Everything was dark and quiet except for the lights on in the hallways in this part of the keep. They moved down one of the hallways that smelled of salmon and reached a kitchen and dining room. Everything was dark in this part of the castle also and Alicia produced fae light. She noticed Cassie staring at Alicia’s hand.

Cassie smiled at her and mouthed, “Wow.”

“Beats having to have a flashlight,” Alicia whispered back.

In the dining hall, everything was neat, the table wiped down and sparkling with polish. The sideboard was empty except for a decanter of wine and wine glasses sitting on top, waiting to be used during the next evening meal.

The kitchen was spotless, the gray stone floor swept, the granite counters clean, all the copper pots hanging on wrought iron racks above a free-standing counter.

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