The Stone Demon by Karen Mahoney

Author:Karen Mahoney
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: teen, Iron Witch, Young Adult, dark age, Speculative Fiction, demon, Fiction, Romance, Fantasy, philosopher's stone, sorcerer's stone
ISBN: 0738733407
Publisher: Flux
Published: 2013-01-01T07:00:00+00:00

They stopped by the lake, and Donna immediately wished she had some food for the ducks and swans. She smiled at herself for thinking about something so trivial, given that she was heading into Faerie to make a deal for a blade she’d only seen sketched in the Silent Book. But it really was beautiful on the Common, and surprisingly quiet. Sure, there were people walking by the lake, but it didn’t seem too crowded—which was probably a good thing.

Cathal pointed at a grove of jagged-looking trees just beyond a small hill. “There,” he said. “That will do.”

“Those trees aren’t evergreens, and there are still some people around,” Donna said, stating the obvious but wondering what Cathal had in mind in such a public space. “Not enough cover.”

“The people are few,” he replied. “I will glamour us to be unseen.”

She held up her hands. “What about these?”

Confusion crossed Cathal’s face, and then cleared as he realized what she meant. “The tattoos will not matter. We only need to be camouflaged, not entirely invisible. Your iron will look like sunlight through the trees.”

Donna shrugged. It sounded poetic, but what mattered was that they wouldn’t be seen. “Fine. What should I do?”

He told her, and it seemed to be mostly the same process as she’d used to open the door to Hell. It scared her to think of doing something like that again, especially after the way that experience had ended, but she was running out of options. And time.

She repeated his instructions back, just to check that she had it right. She was hardly an expert when it came to manipulating the first matter, and her lessons with Robert and Maker had been unceremoniously cut short.

When Cathal nodded, satisfied, they said their goodbyes. “I cannot appear in Faerie at your side,” he told her. “My queen cannot know I have spoken with you. I must take another path.”

“What should I do about the guards?” Donna remembered the knights talking about that, when it had looked like Aliette might be getting ideas about sneaking into Faerie. “The door is guarded, I know that.”

“I will distract them,” Cathal said.

“Thank you.”

“Be strong,” Cathal replied. “Good luck.”

I think I’m going to need it, Donna thought as she walked toward the grove. She could feel the thread of power inside her, warming her all the way through as it responded to her gentle probing.

She lay down on the winter-hard ground and prepared to travel across worlds.

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