Loki by JC Andrijeski

Author:JC Andrijeski [Andrijeski, JC]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: White Sun Press
Published: 2021-03-10T06:00:00+00:00

10

Distraction

Maia took to the idea that Loki could make them invisible far better than Lia would have expected.

Lia’s younger sister barely asked either of them any questions.

More than anything, she just seemed to want out of there as quickly as possible, and given the small amount she’d seen, Lia could scarcely blame her.

Whatever her thinking, Maia followed the God of Mischief confidently, without question, seeming to trust him implicitly.

Truthfully, Lia found Maia’s trust in Loki a little disorienting––not only because of the scream, but because of the god’s near-constant teasing and the fact that Loki was a complete stranger to her. Maia did everything Loki told her to do, without hesitation, without complaint, without any visible doubt. She didn’t make a sound as she crept after him down the carpeted corridor in her Vans, then down the carpeted stairs.

Within minutes, the three of them were back in the mirrored foyer with the large front door, with the windows composed of glass bricks.

That’s where things got a bit more complicated.

Lia, who took up the rear, glanced around nervously as she heard Gregor and his entourage talking downstairs in the living room.

The front door was open now, and guarded by two men on the front step.

Five more of Gregor’s men milled in the foyer, and Loki pulled Maia easily sideways when one of them lumbered up the stairs, either to use the bathroom or to check on Maia. The three of them ended up crouched by a potted palm tree, with at least six enormous, male bodies standing directly between them and the car waiting for them outside.

“We need another way out,” Lia muttered to Loki. “Whether they can see us or not, they’re going to freak out if invisible people smack into them and knock them down. If that guy went upstairs looking for Ernie, or Maia, or both of them, they are going to freak when they find Maia missing… they’ll probably case out all the airports. And if your brother is there––”

“Yes, yes, my darling girl.” Loki kissed her mouth, smiling. “It’ll be all right. I’ve got the Maia end covered for now. I knocked out the perverted oaf. They won’t see him again until we are gone. And it will appear to them that your little dumpling is asleep in her unicorn bed. I put a bit of a repellent spell on her, as well, so they’ll be reluctant to wake her…”

Trailing, and frowning a bit, he glanced around the foyer.

“We just need a bit of a distraction…” he muttered.

He looked around at the thick-necked men milling in the foyer, some in dark suits and some looking like they were part of a rapper’s entourage, then to their right, down at the sunken living room, where voices continued to rise and fall.

After a few seconds, Loki seemed to make up his mind.

Reaching out with a hand, he flicked his fingers in the area of the living room.

Lia blinked, staring, when a whole human being appeared out of whole cloth.

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