The Fifth Portal: a supernatural urban fantasy action adventure (Cards of Death book 5) by Tamara Geraeds

Author:Tamara Geraeds [Geraeds, Tamara]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-06-05T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 20

“I wish we could stay here,” I say after a couple of minutes. “Just move everyone we love here and build a new life.”

Charlie chuckles. “And let everyone else on Earth die? That sounds like a great plan, mate.”

I shove him lightly. “You know what I mean. Look at this world. It’s so pretty and peaceful.”

“Looks can be deceiving, Dante,” Maël says behind me, and when I look over my shoulder, she points at an orange tree on our left.

Taylar, who is thankfully walking again, lets out a grumble of disgust. “That is so gross!”

At first, I have no idea what they’re talking about, but then I see a trickle of red running down the bark of the tree, and when I move my gaze up, I can make out a large mouth with three rows of teeth.

“Is that an ent?” I ask, picking up my pace.

“I’m not sure,” Vicky answers.

Then we all gasp as something jumps down from the tree.

“Definitely not an ent,” I say, my voice slightly trembling.

“Where is its body?” Charlie asks in a hushed whisper.

No one has an answer to that question. I don’t think any of us have ever seen anything like this before. The creature has no body. No feet, no arms, not even a head. It’s just a giant orange mouth, gobbling up something that looks like a rodent, only purple.

Charlie is already three steps ahead of me. “Do you still want to live here?”

I grab Vicky’s hand and hurry to catch up with him. “Not really.”

The Beach of Mu is speeding up too. Above us clouds gather, and thick brown drops fall down. They splatter onto the road, leaving burning holes.

“We have to find shelter!” I shout above the racket of the impact.

Drops fall straight through the ghosts as they turn more transparent. Charlie, Gisella and me don’t have that kind of protection though, which means we have to duck left and right to avoid the rain. A big drop hits Gisella on the shoulder, and she yells in pain and stumbles to her knees. Charlie and I pull her up immediately and take her with us under a tree with thick branches full of crawling white moss.

I look up at it gingerly before letting go of Gisella.

“Let me see,” Charlie says, pulling at the tough fabric of her catsuit.

She holds up her hands. “I’m fine. I can heal myself.” Her fingers gently press every side of her shoulder. “Besides, it’s not that bad.”

“And we have other things to worry about,” Jeep adds, nodding at something behind us.

As soon as I whirl around, my breath catches in my throat.

Gliding through the maze of falling raindrops like a pro dodgeball player, the mouth advances.

Jeep takes off his hat and prepares to throw it, while I conjure a bolt of lightning.

“On three,” I say. “One… two…”

I wait for the hat to soar through the sky before releasing my bolt. I aim a bit lower than the spot where Jeep’s hat is heading, and

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