Silverblood Demons (Daughters of Darkness Book 1) by Turhan Page A

all that, right Amb’?”
    “She’s right, you’re stunning aunt Elektra.”
    Elektra winked at Amber and tugged on her pigtail. “Ready to go give em hell Kiddo?”
    “You’re funny I think,” Amber said.
    “I had one other question Amber, did you ever try sending me signals from here to my world? I thought I felt something one time when I was at a friend’s bookstore.”
    “No, wasn’t me, and I’m not going to ask what a “bookstore” is. By the way, before you woke up this morning, Kira told us she is Davina’s mom and that you’re my?”
    “Yeah, it’s true Amber, and I couldn’t be more proud of you, all of you.”
    “You’re gonna make a great dad,” Sin-dy said. As she put her arm around my waist and tugged at me. “But it’s almost time, the meetings are due to start in about an hour and a half.”
    “I’m ready−”
    “Wait!” I know who it was, Jasmine! She told me she was trying to do an ancient voodoo thingy to reach her dad in a free ka? Maybe the signals went to the wrong place!”
    “Oh, Africa?” Elektra guessed.
    “I’m ready too,” Sin-dy had finished girding her hips with a sword that had the same pommel as Amber’s knife, I wasn’t sure if there was a connection, but its handle was also engraved with the triangle and the three conjoined horns inside of it, the same shape we had encountered back at the subterranean shaft.
    “If you get us into the general area,” Amber said. “I can take you right there. Can I fly with you Aunt Elektra?”
    “Of course!” said Elektra. Looking at me and Sin-dy she realized we needed a moment to ourselves. “Let’s go say goodbye to the rest of the gang.”
    “Kylar, promise me something,” Sin-dy said.
    “Anything. What is it?”
    “If something bad happens today, to me, you know how to get out of Sarturas, right, with those rings−?”
    “The only thing I promise is, to never leave you behind,” I leaned forward and for the first time in a long time, I kissed Sin-dy on her lips, as I pulled away I remembered she tasted of vanilla. It brought back memories, awesome ones. We dated for almost a couple of years and if it wasn’t for my dumb fear of commitment . . .
    “We’re ready guys,” Amber said. “You ready dad?” Amber sounded like she was having fun calling me dad, and actually it sounded kinda kool to me too.
    Sin-dy looked up, pulled the sword from its sheath and pointed it at the ceiling above us. With dirt raining in on us, the hillside cracked open and she led us out, as Kira and the girls watched us disappear into the still dark sky.
    We flew as low as we could but as high as possible trying to find the balance of not being seen from the ground or from above us. Dawn was breaking as Amber spoke up. “That way,” she was pointing at a group of houses, “that’s where Jasmine lives.”
    “We need to stay to the right,” Amber said. “Over there, but we have to land, right now.”
    Back on Hell’s Terra Firma we made sure to stop inside a field of tall golden wheatgrass. Amber didn’t waste a second, she was already moving ahead, forging her way through as we followed until we reached its edge.
    Although it was almost dawn, there was still a slight dusky presence to the morning, and in the distance we could see a walled forest of trees.
    “There,” Amber whispered. “That’s where they’re going to meet.”
    “Great job Amber,” Elektra said. “Do you know if there are any guards we need to avoid?”
    “Only at the entrance. Once we’re inside I can show you the clearing where they met last time.”
    “I think we should go in there now,” I said. “We can get settled down before they arrive, I don’t want to risk being heard if we creep up on them.”
    Staying at the edge of the wheatgrass for as long as possible, we finally found a place that offered some degree of shelter and made our way over to the stone wall. Elektra took Amber’s hand and we all flew over and into the