Illuminate by L.L Hunter

Author:L.L Hunter
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: urban fantasy, paranormal romance, young adult, witches, magic and adventure
Publisher: L.L Hunter

Chapter Eleven

When I reached the bottom of the stairs, I glanced to the right and saw the two women running off down the tunnel. I ran after them, careful to dodge humans. I was invisible to them, but they would know something was amiss if I collided with them. The fae or merwomen made their way down the tunnel toward the back of the station. I knew there were many tunnels underneath this station, and they were probably full of supernatural creatures.

I wondered why these women were running from me. The wolves didn’t run when they saw me, but they did sense who and what I was. So that must be it. There weren’t many witches around anymore. Someone always used them for evil. They were wanted, so most of us had gone into hiding. That was another reason I hated power and magic. Every supernatural creature could sense a witch when it was nearby. More often when they used their magic. This was why I didn’t use my magic often. So by eradicating all the supernatural creatures I came across, I was able to stay hidden longer. I ducked and weaved through the commuters and ran down another set of stairs, going deeper under the station. I saw the women ahead of me. They leaped over the ticket gates and disappeared around the corner to the right. I sped up using just a little of my magic to give myself super speed. It was in times like this there was an advantage to being supernatural. I rounded the corner, and in the distance, I saw a glimmer of color reflecting off a light in the tunnel. I sped toward the glimmer, but by the time I reached the spot where the glimmer had been, there was no one there except humans going about their human business.

I spun on the spot, looking for a sign of the young fae/merwomen. Something growled in the near distance. For a moment, it sounded like the growl was right next to my ear. But that was impossible. No one was standing directly next to me. I heard the growl again, and that was when I saw her—one of the women from the platform was standing in a beam of sunlight in a courtyard surrounded by shops and restaurants. This was part of the underground tunnel with a stairwell or escalator that led back up to ground level, before continuing underneath the road and down toward the harbor.

This woman had aqua-colored hair and metallic fish scales on her cheekbones. She was definitely a mermaid. The growl I had heard came from a merman standing before her with his arms crossed and a furious expression on his face. They were having some kind of argument. I bent down and slowly and silently pulled my athame from my boot. When I was upright again, I found two sets of glowing eyes trained on me.

“Why are you following me, witch?” demanded the mermaid.

I rolled my shoulders back and raised my chin.

Download

Copyright Disclaimer:
This site does not store any files on its server. We only index and link to content provided by other sites. Please contact the content providers to delete copyright contents if any and email us, we'll remove relevant links or contents immediately.