Wind Runner: The Complete Collection by Edmund Hughes

Author:Edmund Hughes [Hughes, Edmund]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Published: 2017-11-05T06:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 21

Fantasy let her illusions drop as soon as they were finished. They were in the middle of the empty ballroom. The lighting was dim, and the air was a little musky. Malcolm carefully lifted her off him and set her aside. As he did it, he felt a familiar tingling sensation run up his hand.

I just absorbed her powers. That might come in handy.

Malcolm made sure he was decent and immediately started putting distance between himself and the spryte. Fantasy was lying on the ground, apparently contented by her after glow. She smiled at him and stood to her feet.

“I guess now I should probably kill you,” she said. “It’s a shame. Rose is clearly obsessed with you, and I can see why. She won’t be happy with me.”

“Hold on,” said Malcolm. He could hear something in the hallway outside, the sound of a scuffle.

“Sorry, but we’re past the point of you being able to buy yourself more time,” said Fantasy. “It’s been fun, Wind Runner, but now–”

The entrance doors slammed open, and Tapestry and Rose fell through it, the two of them engaged in a fierce fight. Tapestry had a hold on Rose’s arm, and was trying to wrestle her to the floor while dodging her shadow tendrils. Rose was twisting, kicking, and elbowing in an attempt to break free. They rolled together across the floor as a single unit. Malcolm hesitated.

Golden Joab is nowhere to be seen. There’s no reason for this fight to be taking place.

Calling the wind, he slammed down into both of the brawling women, disentangling them from each other. Rose was on her feet first, but Malcolm dropped down next to Tapestry, standing over her protectively. He frowned at Rose and gave his head a small shake.

“Enough,” he said. “The fight is over. Neither of us is going to get what we want.”

“Wind Runner!” snapped Tapestry. “We can take them!”

“And in the process of doing so, we’ll be waiting around for Hawktail security guards to show up and take control of the situation,” he said. “Now is not the time.”

“I don’t know…” said Fantasy. She looked at Rose and furrowed her brow. “Letting them go would be foolish.”

Rose was still clad in Fantasy’s illusion, her skin and eyes appearing like a regular human’s. Malcolm silently thanked Fantasy for that. Tapestry had seen Rose once before, in his apartment, and if she recognized her as the same spryte now, she would have another dot to connect to the rest of her suspicions about him.

“Golden Joab might still be nearby,” said Rose. “Our time would be better spent looking for him, rather than fighting with these two.”

She winked at Malcolm subtly, and he breathed a sigh of relief. If she’d felt like it, she could have brought up how she knew him, and easily turned Tapestry against him for good. Malcolm wasn’t sure why she hadn’t, and as thankful as he was, he couldn’t help but wonder about her motivations.

Now is not the time. Tapestry is liable to blow a gasket if we stay in their presence for much longer.

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