Rise of the Fomori: A Young Adult Urban Fantasy Adventure (Faerie Warriors Book 2) by J.A. Curtis

Author:J.A. Curtis [Curtis, J.A.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: fae, Fantasy
Publisher: ElMae Publishing
Published: 2021-05-29T16:00:00+00:00

18

The Chase

Arius

“Never trust an enemy.”—Nuada

MINA AND I PASSED WOLPERTINGER huffing and puffing to keep up with the speeding car. He saw us and broke off the chase. “I’ll be at Kris’s,” he called.

“Rise above the clouds,” I said to Mina.

“But—”

“Just do it.”

Mina’s griffin lifted us through the gray line of clouds. They were thick.

Mina squinted. “I can’t see.”

“Angle to the right,” I said, tracking Kris’s stolen car as it moved down the street.

Surprise crossed Mina’s face. The griffin jerked too far to the right.

I frowned. “I said angle.”

“I’m sorry, I don’t know what you mean by angle,” Mina snapped.

A growl escaped my throat. I pointed. “That way.”

The griffin adjusted to align with my finger. I saw red brake lights flash below.

“They are stopping at a light.” I said.

Good. That would give us time to catch up.

“How are we going to stop them? If they make it to the freeway, I don’t know if we can keep up,” Mina said.

If they made it to the freeway, we might get the brief seclusion we needed to force the car to pull over. Better than these busy city streets.

“Just keep going as fast as you can. I’ll find the right time to stop them,” I said.

We soared closer, but then the light dropped from red to green, and the car took a left, following the sign pointing to I-90 east.

“Light’s changed. They turned left. Toward the freeway.” I pointed, and the griffin followed my directions, her great wing flapping past my head.

The car turned onto the freeway and sped up. It shot forward, careening around slower cars.

“They’re on the freeway.” I pointed. “Go fast.”

“I am going fast.”

“They’re already putting distance between us.”

She threw out her hands in exasperation. “Then you’re going to have to stop them sooner than later.”

I searched ahead for the perfect spot to intercept them. It wouldn’t take either of us long to get past the city lights. Then the freeway wove in and out between the mountainsides, but we were flying high enough I didn’t lose sight of the freeway around the bends in the road.

Cars on the freeway grew more sparse the farther ahead I looked. I finally found a break in the traffic that would allow me to stop Dramian, if I timed it right. I watched the one car weaving its way in the distance toward us, then glanced back at Dramian’s. By the time his car was secluded enough, I’d have about a minute to force it off the road before that other lone car circled around the bend into view.

Dramian had passed all the vehicles on his side, save one. He drove up right alongside the car, about to race ahead, but slowed unexpectedly and dropped back, pulling right behind it. I swore.

“What’s wrong?” Mina asked.

“He must know we’re following. He’s tailgating the lead car.” I tugged at the restrictive bowtie at my throat, unsure why I had let Kris talk me into wearing the silly thing.

Mina squinted down at the clouds. As if that would help her see any better.

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