The Magician by Scott Michael

Author:Scott, Michael [Scott, Michael]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Fiction, General, Young adult fiction, Magic, Brothers and sisters, Juvenile Fiction, Fantasy & Magic, Siblings, Family, Supernatural, Alchemists, Twins, Europe, History, Action & Adventure, France, Paris (France), People & Places, Travel
ISBN: 9780385737289
Publisher: Random House, Inc.
Published: 2009-04-27T07:00:00+00:00

Secrets of the Immortal 2 - The Magician

CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX

P erenelle Flamel was puzzled.

Creeping along the dimly lit corridors, she d discovered that all the lowercells of the island prison were filled with creatures from the darker edgesof myth. The Sorceress had encountered a dozen different vampire breeds andvarious werebeasts, as well as boggarts, trolls and cluricauns. One cell heldnothing but a sleeping child minotaur, while in the cell opposite, twocannibal Windigo lay unconscious alongside a trio of oni. An entire corridorof cells was given over to dragon-kin, wyverns and firedrakes.

Perenelle didn t think they were prisoners none of the cells were locked yetthey were all asleep, and they were secured behind the shining silverspider s web. Still, she wasn t sure whether that was to keep the creaturesprisoners or keep them apart. None of the creatures she d discovered wereallies. She passed one cell where the web hung in ragged tatters. The cellwas empty, but the web and floor were clogged with bones, none of them evenvaguely human.

These were creatures from a dozen lands and as many mythologies. Some likethe Windigo she had only heard of, but at least they were native to theAmerican continent. Others, as far as she knew, had never traveled to the NewWorld and had remained safe and secure in their homelands or in Shadowrealms that bordered those lands. Japanese oni should not coexist alongside Celticpeists.

There was something terribly wrong here.

Perenelle rounded a corner and felt a breeze ruffle her hair. She turned her face to it, nostrils flaring, smelling salt and seaweed. With a quick glanceover her shoulder, she hurried down the corridor.

Dee had to be collecting these creatures, had to be gathering them together,but why? And more importantly, how? Capturing a single vetala was unheard of,but a dozen? And how had they managed to get a baby minotaur away from itsmother? Even Scathach, as fearless and deadly as she was, would never facedown one of the bull-headed race if she could help it.

Perenelle came to a flight of steps. The smell of salt air was stronger now,the breeze cooler, but she hesitated before putting her foot down and bent tocheck the stair for silver strands. There were none. She still hadn t spottedwhatever had spun the webs that festooned the lower cells, and it was makingher incredibly nervous. It suggested that the web creators were probablysleeping which meant that they would wake up sooner or later. When they did,the entire prison would be swarming with spiders or maybe worse and shedidn t want to be out in the open when that happened.

A little of her power had returned certainly enough to defend herself, thoughthe moment she used her magic, it would draw the sphinx to her andsimultaneously weaken and age her. Perenelle knew she would only get onechance to face down the creature, and she wanted needed to be as powerful aspossible for that encounter. Darting up the creaking metal stairs, shestopped at the rust-eaten door. Pushing back her hair, she placed her earagainst the corroded metal.

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