enclosed space, especially after seeing me seizing like that.
“Hey, I’m okay,” I tell him softly and hug him. “I’m fine, I swear.”
His chest rumbles as he hugs me back, and buries his nose in my hair, taking in my scent. “You better be.”
“Roman’s right, we should get moving. Caleb told you not to trust anyone, so we should probably try and steer clear of Demons and the souls here as much as we can,” Levi says, taking charge as is his way.
“That might not be that easy,” Creek says, pointing further down the cave like hall. I look where he’s pointing when I see what he means. The almost transparent souls, hovering in the hall.
“Who’d have thought you’d have to get in line in this place,” Roman snorts, and I shake my head.
“Well, I guess we better get in line then.”
Chapter Seven
Remy
“We can’t just get in line,” Roman rolls his eyes at me, and I shrug.
“What else do you expect us to do?” I ask.
“There has to be another way to reach the levels.” He looks at me pointedly.
“There really isn’t,” a voice says from behind us, and I spin finding a pixie looking woman, her long flowing red hair falls down to her ass, and she tucks it behind her ears, which I notice are pointed.
Well shit. Fae?
Her blood red eyes match her hair and she takes us all in. “Where are you trying to go?” She asks, and I fidget. My memory told me not to trust anyone down here, but we need some sort of idea where to start.
“We’re trying to reach the queen.” I tell her, leaving out any of the other details, but I figure if we find Morganna, we’ll find Fallon. Even if she’s not the one working with Archer, maybe she’ll have an idea of who is.
The red headed woman barks out a laugh. “Good luck with that. I can get you from here to the first level of the realm, but beyond that, you’re on your own. I’m not bringing a bunch of unknowns to the queen.”
“Who are you?” Levi asks, taking in the sight of her, trying to assess her I’d guess from the look on his face.
“My name is Ferry. I’m the one who creates the bridges from here into the Shadow Realm,” she tells him, checking her nails as if she’s already bored by our presence here, not caring who we are. “Now do you want across or not?”
“And you can’t get us any closer than the first level?” Roman asks, his voice almost a growl.
“Oh I can, but I won’t,” she tells him with an evil grin. Her eyes practically sparkle. “I don’t know you, but the fact that you’re here means something, so I’ll get you across, but after that you’re on your own.”
“Have you seen any other humans come through here?” I ask and she laughs.
“Only all day every day.” She rolls her eyes at me and I grit my teeth.
“She meant ones who aren’t dead,” Creek interjects.
“You should be more careful with your words, especially down here,” she tells us, and looks back to me. “I haven’t, but it’s no secret that tears have been appearing between this realm and Earth recently. It’s caused quite a stir. So not everyone has been coming and going through here.” She shrugs and turns on her heel, walking down the hall towards the floating souls.
“You coming?” She calls back over her shoulder. I look to the guys, but it’s Kain who takes the first step down the hall after her, and the rest of us follow.
“So level one is Phoenix’s realm. You probably know him as Pride, most from Earth do. He’s a dick, so avoid him if you can,” she tells us, her voice echoing down the hall.
“How do we move between levels?” I ask her, trying not to brush up against any of the very many souls waiting to pass. They don’t even look at us, as if they can’t even see us.
“That is something you’re going to have to work out, Hunter. I’m not your personal guide.” She stops when we reach the end of the hall and come to a ledge. I look over, and I gasp, taking a step back.
Holy shit that’s a long way down.
The river of lava below fills me with dread. I guess the human visions of this place had to come from somewhere.
“Now then, let’s get you out of my hair, shall we?” She says, and with the wave