Skulk Of Foxes (The Fractured Faery #3) by Helen Harper

Author:Helen Harper [Harper, Helen]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 1722953209
Amazon: B07F18HF9X
Published: 2018-07-29T16:00:00+00:00

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Fortunately we didn’t have to waste much time searching for the archives. The sound of the other people bickering reached our ears long before we reached them.

‘Just look in that box,’ Timmons was saying.

‘The dust is getting in my eyes,’ Jodie complained. ‘I’m not a Fey, remember? It’s harder for me. I possess human frailties.’

‘Well, put those human frailties to good use,’ he said. ‘Even Opulus is doing his best.’

There was a chink of light underneath one of the doors. Morgan headed for it with me barely a step behind. ‘I take it,’ he said drily, ‘that you’ve not found anything yet.’

Their faces brightened immediately. It was no wonder they were glad of the distraction: there were fusty and musty papers scattered all over the room.

‘What happened?’ Jodie asked. ‘Did you see Rubus?’

‘We did. He said he’ll lay off magic for now.’

Timmons exhaled. ‘Do you think he actually will?’

‘We’ll have to hope so,’ I said grimly. ‘Did you see what happened to the trees?’

‘We were inside at the time. We heard enough though.’

Jodie pouted. ‘I didn’t. I don’t have clever faery ears like you lot.’ She gave Timmons a sour glance. ‘Or eyes.’

He sighed in exasperation and I regarded the pair of them with mild amusement. Timmons loved it here; he probably wished he were wholly human as much as Jodie seemed to wish she were wholly Fey. Naturally both of them probably wished they were more like me. Poor them.

‘Did Arty manage to conjure up that potion?’ Morgan asked.

From the far corner, Opulus grunted. His eyes remained red-rimmed but, of the three of them, he appeared to be doing the best job of looking for evidence of nearby dragons. ‘She did. We deemed it best not to use it unless we had to. She said that most of the magic is bound up in the ingredients, so there shouldn’t be a problem using it and releasing more into the ether. But we wanted to wait, just in case.’

In case they were blamed for the end of the world. Surprisingly, that was a sentiment I could get behind. ‘How long have you been here?’ I asked.

‘A couple of hours. We did find reference to a beast who could control fire in one old book—’ Jodie began.

‘I found that,’ Timmons interrupted.

She rolled her eyes. ‘Whatever. It was pointless anyway. It turned out to be nothing more than a salamander transported here by some wandering Crusader in the Middle Ages.’

‘We need help,’ Opulus said flatly.

I stretched out my arms. ‘Never fear! The Madhatter is here!’

This time all of them rolled their eyes. I beamed.

Spotting a small vial sitting on top of a dusty shelf, I edged round Morgan and the teetering piles of paper and grabbed it. ‘Is this the potion?’

Jodie and Timmons nodded. I raised an eyebrow in Morgan’s direction. ‘It’s a calculated risk,’ I said. ‘The army is already starting to evacuate people. I reckon there are only hours – if that – before looting starts. We need to tie up the sphere so that we can focus on other problems.

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