Winter Rising: an Urban Fantasy Novel (Coldharbour Chronicles Book 1) by Richard Amos

Author:Richard Amos [Amos, Richard]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-09-26T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter 20

One thing I did know about my power was that my sparks didn’t interact with anything in my environment other than beastly things. It was a relief. If they had, sitting in the back of a car would be a horrendous experience.

I thanked the goddess in her wisdom to grant me such small mercies.

Another hyena beast was waiting outside the wards as we pulled up to the mansion. My sparks were blazing.

“Shit!”

We made short work of it.

Before we could get back in the car to drive through the gates, a black van roared up the road, screeching to a halt. The tires were smoking from the heavy stoppage.

“Now what?” Naomi said, sighing.

The windows of the van were tinted. The engine idled, whoever was inside was taking in the scene. My sparks flickered from faint to blazing, as if confused.

“Get out of the van!” Greg called.

I put two and two together. If a Gentry or a Regal beast could hide from my power, then they could also … play with it. Was that causing the flickers? Was I being mocked? Whatever was in the van, it was no lesser like the creature I’d just sent to Beast Hell.

The driver door opened, and the sound of whimpering came from within.

“What the hell?”

My three companions stepped in front of me, building a protective wall. The rain still fell in its pathetic spitting.

A man fell out of the vehicle onto his knees with a sickening thud. He cried out as he hit the asphalt. He was bleeding from his head, his shirt torn and hanging off a bruised body.

“Please …” he said sobbing, eyes to the ground. “Please … help me.”

A boot swung from behind the shield of the open door, cracking the guy in the back of the head. He fell forward, right onto his face. He screamed into the road. I saw the blood spurt from his nose and mouth. Shit, he’d probably smashed some teeth with the way he went down.

“Come show your fucking face!” I spat.

The van door slammed. Tires screeched and the vehicle tore off in a violent reverse, barely missing the man who still sobbed, as well as Greg’s car. It vanished from sight around the bend.

The white sparks blazed.

“Please …” the man whimpered.

“What happened?” Naomi asked, crouching down beside him.

“You … have to … help me …”

Something wasn’t right. Why was my power still active? I turned and saw nothing around but my companions and this man.

“We’ll help,” Naomi said. “We just have to get you inside.”

Greg was helping her get him to his feet. “Come on, mate. Up you get.”

“Please …”

“You’re okay now.”

I kept checking about me because something was close—it had to be.

“Jake?” Dean said. “What is it?”

I caught Naomi’s eye. She looked to my hands, then to me, then to the man she was helping. She let go.

“Nay?” Greg asked.

“Back away,” Naomi said.

Greg caught on then, noticing my still sparking hands.

A beast would’ve attacked by now. “Both of you step away right now.”

The man’s sobbing became hysterical.

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