Storybound by Emily McKay

Author:Emily McKay [McKay, Emily]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Entangled Publishing, LLC
Published: 2020-02-23T06:00:00+00:00

Excerpt from

Book Five of The Traveler Chronicles:

The Traveler Undone I may be cynical. I may be a criminal. And it’s entirely possible that I’ve never been in a situation that I didn’t make worse.

But when she looks at me like that, I feel like I could be king.

CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX

The parking lot is shaded by the sprawling oak trees that line the street. In Houston, where the soil is deeper, the oaks tower. Here in the shallow dirt of the Balcones Escarpment, the trees are stocky and stunted. They have to work harder to be who they really are. Knowing the physical landscape of the Kingdoms of Mithres was sculpted to mimic my world by practitioners with an affinity like Ro’s, I’m impressed that they exerted the energy to keep even the plant life consistent.

Despite the weeds peeking up through the cracks in the pavement, it’s cozy…in a creepy Southern Gothic kind of way. The cat, Kendal, paces around the empty lot in absolute silence.

I don’t say anything either, because I don’t want to distract her.

Finally, she picks a spot and sits upright, her paws in front of her, her tail snaked around her legs. She closes her eyes. All I can do is stand watch and hope that this will work.

Minutes pass. Five. And then ten. Every once in a while, a car drives past, and I can’t help but wonder if they notice me out here. If they do, are they curious what a Dark Worlder is doing out here with a Kellas cat? Of course, they can’t tell I’m a Dark Worlder just by looking at me. It’s not like there’s a neon sign hanging over me, blinking “Dark Worlder, here!” It’s not like…

That’s when it hits me.

Nobody driving by can see that I’m a Dark Worlder. But a passing hellhound could sure as hell smell it.

Here I am, out in the middle of the day. Completely unprotected.

Yeah, I put on that blue lotion, but I’ve showered since then.

Why didn’t I think of this earlier?

Why didn’t anyone else think of it earlier, either?

I glance nervously up and down the street. I don’t see anything suspicious, but I remember all too well how quickly those hellhounds can run.

“Um, Kendal?”

She doesn’t respond, but her whiskers twitch.

“Remember, you said I could call you Kendal?” Okay, genius, that’s not really the point. “Is there any chance you have an ETA on Kane’s arrival?”

Still no response.

“Because it occurred to me that this isn’t really the best place to just hang out. Since, you know, I’m a fugitive Dark Worlder, and very likely to attract the attention of some rather nasty hellhounds.”

She opens only one eye and blinks at me.

“It’s just…if you could give me an update on how it’s going, that would be awesome.”

Finally, she says, “I have maintained the mental connection with Kane.”

“That’s great news. So what’s the holdup?”

Her tail flicks in annoyance. “He is being…difficult.”

“Difficult?” Yeah, tell me something I didn’t know. When isn’t Kane being difficult? “But what does that mean? Can he use the link to transfer here or not?”

“Perhaps.

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