Sophia trying to grab power no matter what world we’re on. You have to admire her consistency and drive. This couldn’t have been easy to find after she was toasted by Tavis.”
“Sophia has a bloodhound’s nose for power. I’m sure she found this spot very easily. What are you planning to do now that we’re here, exactly?”
Lena had her hands on the wall and was trying to open a small hole. She didn’t need much. Just something big enough for her and Ellia to squeeze through. She felt the wall giving ever so slightly. She concentrated her energy to the soft spot.
“Lena,” Ellia’s voice squeaked. “Please don’t try to get in there!”
“I have to see what’s behind here.” Lena pushed against the wall and felt the spot give. She stuck her hand through the space she had made and smiled triumphantly at Ellia. “See. We can get in and look around before the midnight meeting.”
“No!” Ellia hissed. “This is a very bad idea. We can come back tomorrow with Allen and Troy.”
“We cannot bring Troy here to go behind the wall,” Lena scolded. “If he saw whatever it is Sophia is up to, he would throw us all out in the cold.”
“All the more reason to leave it alone! The last time you saw her, she was trying to kill you.”
“Sophia is always trying to hurt me,” Lena said breezily.
She slipped through the hole and waited on the other side for Ellia to follow. It was clear Sophia had been up to something in the last few days. They had barely been here for a week and Sophia had made major changes to the landscape.
The first and most obvious was the water and the sky. Lena was standing on a very small strip of beach that was surrounded by water. She could see far in the distance that there was a little village on another beach. That had to be where Sophia and the rest of the tribe were staying. The sky overhead was darker than it had been on the other side of the wall. The moon was white, just like the one on Earth. Lena had no idea how Sophia had done it, but this place looked very much like their vacation home in the West Indies.
“What in the hell?” Ellia looked up at the white moon. “She must be much more powerful than we imagined if she can do this.”
“Not that powerful, since she’s trapped here with us.” Lena put her hand on the water and froze a path to the other beach. “Come on. Let’s go say hello.”
Ellia shook her head. “Please, Lena. Let’s just go back now. You can open a hole in the wall again and we can come back with more people.”
“She won’t hurt me. She hasn’t killed me yet and she won’t now.”
“Troy and Tavis stopped her on the beach. There’s no one here to protect us now.”
Lena raised an eyebrow. “You have the Princess of the Northlands Fae to protect you. Your powers should work now too.”
Lena tested the ice with one foot before putting her full weight on it. She started walking toward the beach without looking back. Ellia wouldn’t let her down, though she was acting strangely. Usually it was her blonde friend who was fearless. Lena had never been the one having to coax Ellia into anything. Sophia must have really rattled the rest of the tribe if Ellia was too afraid to walk near her. It was going to be very hard to win over any of the other tribe members if they were all this afraid of Sophia. Most didn’t even have the history with Sophia that Ellia did.
Ellia skittered on the ice behind her. “I swear, if I fall into whatever this liquid is, I will make you pay, dear Princess.”
“That’s the spirit. We’re going to need that spirit when we get to the beach.” There were people gathering as they got closer. Lena braced herself for an attack but they stepped onto the beach without incident. Her heart was beating wildly in her chest. She could feel Ellia pulling magic into an attack. Better safe than sorry.
Lena put her hands up in greeting as they got within reach of the beach. “Hello.”
A beautiful,
“Sophia has a bloodhound’s nose for power. I’m sure she found this spot very easily. What are you planning to do now that we’re here, exactly?”
Lena had her hands on the wall and was trying to open a small hole. She didn’t need much. Just something big enough for her and Ellia to squeeze through. She felt the wall giving ever so slightly. She concentrated her energy to the soft spot.
“Lena,” Ellia’s voice squeaked. “Please don’t try to get in there!”
“I have to see what’s behind here.” Lena pushed against the wall and felt the spot give. She stuck her hand through the space she had made and smiled triumphantly at Ellia. “See. We can get in and look around before the midnight meeting.”
“No!” Ellia hissed. “This is a very bad idea. We can come back tomorrow with Allen and Troy.”
“We cannot bring Troy here to go behind the wall,” Lena scolded. “If he saw whatever it is Sophia is up to, he would throw us all out in the cold.”
“All the more reason to leave it alone! The last time you saw her, she was trying to kill you.”
“Sophia is always trying to hurt me,” Lena said breezily.
She slipped through the hole and waited on the other side for Ellia to follow. It was clear Sophia had been up to something in the last few days. They had barely been here for a week and Sophia had made major changes to the landscape.
The first and most obvious was the water and the sky. Lena was standing on a very small strip of beach that was surrounded by water. She could see far in the distance that there was a little village on another beach. That had to be where Sophia and the rest of the tribe were staying. The sky overhead was darker than it had been on the other side of the wall. The moon was white, just like the one on Earth. Lena had no idea how Sophia had done it, but this place looked very much like their vacation home in the West Indies.
“What in the hell?” Ellia looked up at the white moon. “She must be much more powerful than we imagined if she can do this.”
“Not that powerful, since she’s trapped here with us.” Lena put her hand on the water and froze a path to the other beach. “Come on. Let’s go say hello.”
Ellia shook her head. “Please, Lena. Let’s just go back now. You can open a hole in the wall again and we can come back with more people.”
“She won’t hurt me. She hasn’t killed me yet and she won’t now.”
“Troy and Tavis stopped her on the beach. There’s no one here to protect us now.”
Lena raised an eyebrow. “You have the Princess of the Northlands Fae to protect you. Your powers should work now too.”
Lena tested the ice with one foot before putting her full weight on it. She started walking toward the beach without looking back. Ellia wouldn’t let her down, though she was acting strangely. Usually it was her blonde friend who was fearless. Lena had never been the one having to coax Ellia into anything. Sophia must have really rattled the rest of the tribe if Ellia was too afraid to walk near her. It was going to be very hard to win over any of the other tribe members if they were all this afraid of Sophia. Most didn’t even have the history with Sophia that Ellia did.
Ellia skittered on the ice behind her. “I swear, if I fall into whatever this liquid is, I will make you pay, dear Princess.”
“That’s the spirit. We’re going to need that spirit when we get to the beach.” There were people gathering as they got closer. Lena braced herself for an attack but they stepped onto the beach without incident. Her heart was beating wildly in her chest. She could feel Ellia pulling magic into an attack. Better safe than sorry.
Lena put her hands up in greeting as they got within reach of the beach. “Hello.”
A beautiful,
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