Malevolence - Legacy Series Book Two (The Legacy Series) (22 page)

           
To my left a door swung open so hard it hit the bookcase causing it to rattle a little bit.
 
Earl came barging through it holding only a small leather bound book.
 
He handed it to Dolly and Oakley and I moved in closer. Opening the book we noticed a business card with a note written on it.

           
All of you need to leave NOW - you’re not safe.
 
I’ll meet you at the café down the street.
 
LEAVE!

           
Dolly took her finger and wiped it across the card as Pru had told her she did with the other note.
 
Why would he risk faerie magic with a vampire around?
 

           
“
We should at least look through the book, since we made such a big deal out of it.”
 
I thought to everyone.

           
“You’re not going to believe this; but I need to go to the restroom.
 
Too much coffee today,” Pru said.
 
“I’m guessing there is one close by.
 
Gus will go with me.”

           
“Hurry up; I think we’ve overstayed our welcome.”
 
Dolly leaned into Pru saying, “We’ll meet you in the lobby.
 
Don’t go snooping.”

           
“Have I done something to piss her off?”
 
Oakley said as he and Chad pushed on the bookcase to take us back the way we came.

           
“
Don’t be so sensitive.
 
You’re here for Dolly, Gus is an innocent bystander.
 
Go with the flow dude.”
 
Dolly and I stepped through the opening and to our surprise we were outside near the patio.
 
“What the hell?
 
Ughh
, I hate mind games.”

           
Chad and Oakley pulled their stake out of their waistband and hid it inside their sleeve.
 
“I think we need to get Pru and Gus and leave.”
 
Oakley said as he headed back to the door that led inside.

           
A minute later he came through the door, the look on his face was pure rage.
 
“It isn’t the same girl at the desk.
 
There is some
Jamican
woman with a huge fluffy afro telling me she hasn’t seen any red-headed girls come through the lobby.
 
Damn woman told me her name is
Mylandra
.”

           
Dolly pulled away from Chad and it took all three of us to keep her from ripping the door off of the hinges.
 
“I have no idea what is going on around here, but my daughter better reappear in the next sixty seconds or everyone will pay.”

           
“Woman, you must settle your temper,”
Mylandra
said.
 
“Who is
dis
woman you look for?
 
I’ve only been here for thirty minutes.”
 
Her eyes were shifting back and forth to every one of us.
 
“You must be Dolly Phelan, I know you.
 
I dink my friend Kenneth visit you, no?”

           
Dolly closed the space between herself and the desk; she put both hands on the front and leaned in for
Mylandra
to hear her.
 
“That is my daughter, and if anything as much as a hair is removed from her head, you will die a very gruesome death.
 
I will personally rip every single appendage from yours and anyone else involved body, very slowly……with my teeth.
 
I suggest, you get up off your ass, and find out what has happened to my daughter.”
 
Dolly said through gritted teeth.
 

Chapter 24.
Aine

“Open the window that the lies may fly out.”
 
The
Ditmarsch
Tale of Wonders ~ Grimm’s Household Tales

PRU

           
I found the sad little excuse of a bathroom just on the other side of the receptionist’s desk.
 
Gus stood guard while I went in and tried to project myself into the building.
 
It wasn’t hard to do, but my physical body needed to be free of interruption.
 
I chose to only project my spirit and not my body.
 
I was pretty sure vampires couldn’t see spirits.

           
I went back to the room with the artifacts to take a second look.
 
Something in me was telling me that we were sideswiped into thinking the other room had the secrets.
 
Why would a room have so many cameras if it was mainly stakes and relics?
 
I wasn’t buying it.

           
“I thought you’d never arrive,” said a woman sitting on the highest shelf.
 
She leaned forward and floated to the ground without a sound.

           
What the hell was going on in Paris?
 
Was it some breeding ground for supernaturals or was I
 
blinded to it in Oklahoma.

           
“Who are you?
 
I didn’t see you in here earlier” I said.
 
I tried to mentally identify what type of super she was.
 
I couldn’t put my finger on it, but she didn’t worry me at all.
 
I was suspicious of everyone, yet when I looked at her, I felt okay.

           
She stepped closer to me, until we were practically face to face.
 
Without any type of warning she threw her arms around me in a giant hug.
 
“Pru, I’m so happy to finally appear to you.
 
I’ve waited for you to project for weeks, but you haven’t done it.
 
It isn’t like I stalk you or anything.
 
I can’t actually get near you when you’re at your home in Oklahoma.
 
I think you have it enchanted with magic.
 
I’m not offended or anything, it is just hard to talk to you when I can’t get near you.
 
I don’t think this is the best place to talk but I’m going to get you what you’re seeking.
 
Don’t worry, they won’t suspect you or your friends…no, I mean pack.
 
We have to hurry, that crazy woman is about to check on you and that hunky guy you’re running with these days.
 
I think you and Oakley make a better couple, but Gus is pretty hot.
 
Not hot like coffee, well yeah,
kinda
.
 
You know what I mean.”

 
She stopped to catch her breath.
 
“I know I’m rambling, it’s just, I’ve been trying to talk to you forever.
 
Well, not forever, but well… since you told Abel about who he is.
 
I would have said something to you then, but you had him with you and I thought it wasn’t good timing.
 
Timing is everything you know.
 
I thought you did a great job at showing him about being a werewolf.
 
That sounds scary, but I know you’re not like the Big Bad Wolf that runs around; now he is scary.
 
It gives me the
prickilies
to think about him.
 
Okay, okay…. I need to talk to you when you’re not here.
 
This place is really bad and it is zapping all of my energy, and honestly you’re not all that visible right now.
 
I think it is sucking your essence too.”
 
She stopped suddenly and stood perfectly still.
 
Her hands smoothed the
poofy
skirt she had on.
 
I wouldn’t be surprised if she didn’t have a crinoline on under it.

 
“Oh my goodness, I didn’t even tell you who I am.
 
It is really a secret, and I take secrets literally.
 
So if I ask you not to tell anyone and you betray me by repeating the secret, I will have to do very bad things to you and you won’t enjoy them.
 
I don’t like doing bad things, but sometimes people need to be reminded that a secret is a secret.
 
I will give you permission to tell your pack who I am.
 
The person must be a member of the Phelan pack and you must swear them to secrecy.
 
If they break the promise to you in regards to my name, I will do bad things to them too.
 
It has to be that way.
 
I don’t make the rules, but I follow them.
 
You follow the rules too.
 
I know; I watch you when I’m able to see you.
 
Up until this very moment, you couldn’t see me until you projected again.
 
Now that you have met me, you will be able to see me when I’m around.”
 
She tilted her head and smiled like a little girl that was listening to something that was very low.
 
“I wish I could see you in Oklahoma, but you’ll have to talk to the enchantresses that cast the spell.”

           
“Okay, I’ve got it.
 
I promise I will not tell anyone your name to anyone that is not a member of my pack.
 
I assure you that anyone that I tell will also be sworn to secrecy and will be subjected to your wrath if the promise is broken.
 
If someone is about to walk up on Gus while I’m in the bathroom, it could lead to trouble.
 
Listen, can you hurry on with the point of this visit?”
 
I said impatiently.
 
I hadn’t noticed her outfit that well since she was up in my space, I stepped back away from her to get a good look.
 
Although she smelled of vanilla, she didn’t have on nearly as much as Earl did.
 
She had to be a fairy but something different than Earl.
 
He wasn’t protective of his name nor was he as talkative as this little pixie.

           
“I’m not a pixie,” she said and her bright blue eyes seemed to deepen in color.
 
I finally noticed her outfit.
 
It was multicolored in rainbow colors; she had on crazy colored striped leggings and glitter toenail polish on her bare feet.
 
Her perfectly highlighted blond hair hung in spiral ringlets.
 
Big and long, was the only way to describe her hair.
 
I held back a laugh as she crossed her arms and repeated “I’m not a pixie.”

           
“I know; I’m sorry for even thinking the word.”
 
I held my hands up to fend off her outburst.

           
“I’m
Aine
.
 
Ireland doesn’t only have legends of werewolves you know.
 
I’m the queen of animals and earth.
 
That is why I’ve been trying to talk with you.
 
You’re an animal of course.”
 
She uncrossed her arms and stepped closer to me.
 
“You really are fading; we can talk about this later.
 
I’ll come by your house.”

           
“You’re a
faerie
?
 
I grew up reading stories about you.”
 
I shook my head back and forth as I said, “who would have thought I’d be in a vampire museum talking to a queen of faeries.
 
Insane.”

           
“Not insane Pru, truth.
 
The sooner you embrace the thought of other supernaturals in the world, the sooner you’ll see them.
 
I’ll get the poetry.
 
Go, now!”

           
I pulled back and entered my body that was standing next to the sink with my back to the door.
 
I heard the door open and I quickly turned on the water to wash my hands.

           
“What are you
doin
’ in here
chile
?
 
You been in here a long time.”
 
The woman said with a Jamaican accent.
 
I turned around to face her, taking in her giant afro and her all of five foot height.