Page 36 of Broken Veil
Carys leaned toward the window and saw Wade, his head turned to the sky, shouting at the rain. And that wasn’t even the strangest part of the scene.
The river wasglowing. Not just sprites and wisps like they’d seen on the Thames. The entire river held an otherworldly greenish-blue glow.
“What the hell?” Laura pressed her face to the window. “Carys, you seeing this?”
“Yes.” She glanced at Cadell. “You feel it?”
Yes. He spoke to her mind.There is strong magic here.
“Is it growing?” Godrik asked. “I feel like the magic is getting stronger.”
“Maybe it’s just the place,” Naida said. “Wade is very strong around rivers and other bodies of water.”
“What is he?” Lachlan asked.
“Not my place to say,” Naida said. “But you can trust him.”
“He’s walking” —Duncan craned his neck— “and he’s turning around. He’s walking back to the car.”
“We should leave,” Cadell said. “Right now.”
Lachlan opened the door, and rain spattered inside the van.
“What are you doing?” Duncan asked. “He’s not getting back inside this?—”
“Ey up.” Wade hopped back inside the van, forcing everyone to shift around to make room for the burly and muddy dripping giant. “Eels are fine. We need to go to the Ouse.”
“We’re at the Ouse,” Carys said.
“This is the Great Ouse.” Wade pointed his chin at the river. “We need to go to the other Ouse.”
Laura asked, “How many Ousesarethere in this country?”
“Four.” Duncan, Godrik, and Lachlan all spoke at once.
“That’s so many Ouses,” Laura said.
“Yorkshire Ouse,” Wade said. “That’s where we need to go.”
Duncan glared at him. “Why?”
“’Cause my daughter called me, told me we need to go to the Ouse, that’s why.”
Lachlan frowned. “You don’t have a phone.”
“And? She called me, didn’t she?” Wade rolled his eyes as if Lachlan was an idiot.
Duncan turned. “You want us to drive you to Yorkshire? Yorkshire is three hours from here.”
“Aye.” Wade looked around the van. “Good thing ye have this comfortable caravan.”
Duncan looked at the small fae squished between Cadell and Wade. “Naida?”
She sighed. “If Wade says we need to go to the Ouse, we probably need to go to the Ouse.”
“Ye definitely need to go to the Ouse,” Wade said. “Most importantly” —he pointed at Carys— “sheneeds to go to the Ouse.”
Cadell growled. “Why?”
