Fae & Fates: Manhattan Magic #4 - A Cozy Urban Fantasy by Scott Walker

Author:Scott Walker [Walker, Scott]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Firefly Tales LLC
Published: 2024-12-06T00:00:00+00:00

I didn’t worry about the silver cup anymore, since I was struggling to keep my head above water.

We’d fallen into an underground lake, miraculously missing each other in the process. I surfaced and gasped for air while furiously treading water. Not easy to do while fully clothed, holding a broom, and wearing a backpack, I might add.

“Melina!” Dee called out.

“Here!” I said. I looked around and spotted her, thanks to the green luminescence covering the walls of the cavern.

“This way!” Nod shouted.

I flailed and splashed and struggled to follow the dwarf. My legs kicked furiously, and I feared I’d go under long before I reached dry land. Dee had already powered ahead of me and was right behind Nod.

My legs began tiring, and my progress slowed. Water splashed into my eyes, mouth, and nose. I couldn’t see Nod or Dee any longer, and I wasn’t even sure if I was still going in the right direction. My arms and legs refused to follow my commands, and I slipped lower in the water.

Snowpuff, I’m going under!

The water enveloped me. I knew I was sinking. I felt the water rushing past my face. Then I felt two pinches across my shoulders, and a moment later, I was breathing air again.

You are safe, pet.

Snowpuff dropped me on the shore next to Dee. My legs politely refused to function, and I went down.

“Melina?” Dee broke my fall and helped me to the ground.

“Yep. Still here.” I coughed up some water.

“Here, let me help you.” Dee slipped the backpack off me. “I don’t see your broom.”

No, not my broom!

I could make another one, and Dad still had Mom’s broom, but none of that mattered as long as I was still in the fae world. I wouldn’t have time to construct another broom until after I was back home. With a silent farewell, I accepted the loss.

I sat up and inspected the cavern. We hadn’t fallen fully out of the frying pan, but I could feel the fire beneath our feet.

The sickly green light covering the walls and ceiling gave the space an eerie glow, and a foul odor permeated the air. The sound of water dripping echoed loudly, but silence prevailed other than that.

We’d reached a shore of sorts, a beach of small rocks. The still water confirmed we’d fallen into a lake and not a river, and a darkened part of the wall down the shore indicated a possible way out. About the only good thing to come from our swim was we’d washed off the mud from the tunnel.

“Anyone hurt?” Nod asked.

“Sore but otherwise fine,” I replied. My back ached, likely a result of hitting the water while wearing the backpack. The rest of my body strongly urged me to consider a nap after my involuntary swim.

“I’m wet and cold but also okay,” Dee said as she inspected her arm. Her sleeve had ripped open, exposing a long cut along her forearm. Lot of good the bracelet had done.

“What happened to your arm?”

Dee shrugged.

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