Wings of Mercy: An Urban Fantasy Romance (The Last Phoenix Book 7) by Stephanie Mirro

Author:Stephanie Mirro [Mirro, Stephanie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Tannhauser Press
Published: 2022-04-27T16:00:00+00:00

18

TUESDAY MORNING

Thane had convinced Adam to give us a night to grieve and recover before providing him with a full debrief. I needed that time to process everything that had happened. We all did.

The following day, Thane realm walked Lena and me to the DEA to fill everyone in on what had occurred in the Otherworld. As if the Earth herself was mourning the stag’s loss, the clouds were heavy and grey and wept in a slow drizzle.

The welcome scents of warm, buttery bread and freshly brewed coffee drifted out of the conference room door as we approached, making my mouth water. As my stomach grumbled its agreement, I didn’t know which I wanted more of—food or coffee.

Before the three of us had finished filing inside, Kit, Angela, and Ivan appeared, and Angela eyed the dagger on the table warily as she took her seat. None of us knew how she’d accessed its magic, but I was eager to find out if she could do it again.

Shooing everyone away from the kitchenette, Ivan and Lena loaded up plates with fresh pastries and fruit, filled cups to the brim with coffee, and placed both in front of those of us who ate. They’d turned into saints overnight.

When we finished telling the others what had happened, and Angela had explained the surge of power she’d experienced followed by a total drain, the conference room was silent.

Well, silent of voices. As the last to take their seats, Lena and Ivan were still munching and crunching on their breakfast while the rest of us sipped on our second or third cups of brew.

Adam sat with his eyes closed, his fingers steepled at his lips. Imos, Tundreg, and Pietr might not have known the Keeper of the Forest, but their expressions were solemn. More so than usual, anyway.

After a lengthy silence, Adam opened his eyes and lowered his hands. “Losing the Keeper at such a time is unfathomable. Once word of his death gets out, which Colin will ensure happens sooner rather than later, the unseelie will infringe upon the other fae courts. The Otherworld will be in chaos, if it isn’t already.”

“Maybe that was the plan all along,” Kit said as she ripped off pieces from a napkin. Probably because she couldn’t rip Colin’s head off just yet. “For all we know, Colin engineered this whole thing as a diversion or to cripple any fae enemies he has while hoping to get the dagger before we did.”

Adam dipped his chin. “It is possible. Unfortunately, this new knowledge makes opening a portal more challenging. Providing the unseelie an easy way through would be catastrophic.”

“He didn’t seem super concerned about losing the dagger. Maybe he doesn’t know about the Last Hope. We need to speed this up.” I pointed at the blade. “How do we make the super weapon?”

Adam nodded at Nathan, who sat beside him. The beefy, blue-winged angel extracted the other two daggers from thin air. Literally, just reached up and plucked them out of nothing.

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