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Guardians of the Edge: Last of the Portal Keys

I’m an international, multiple award-winning author with a passion for the voices in my head. As a singer, songwriter, independent filmmaker and improv teacher and performer, my life has always been about creating and sharing what I create with others. Now that my dream to write for a living is a reality, with over a hundred titles in happy publication and no end in sight, I live in beautiful Prince Edward Island, Canada, with my giant cats, pug overlord and overlady and my Gypsy Vanner gelding, Fynn. The artifact flared to life, the glow of it throwing so much heat through the room Aiden winced back. He caught a glimpse of his parent’s shocked faces as the glow enveloped them. As suddenly, the light vanished. He blinked, fighting to regain his night eyes as sparkles shifted and whorled across his vision, heart hammering suddenly so loud in his ears he couldn't hear past his own pulse. It only took seconds, but it seemed an eternity while he fought off the last of the afterimage and stared in disbelief. The prize lay on the pedestal, the glass case resting on the floor beside it. Two black backpacks lay collapsed nearby. But his parents... they were nowhere to be seen. Twelve-year-old master thief Aiden Trent has been trained by the best—his parents. It is rumored there is nothing they can’t steal. So when an easy job in an old museum comes up, they take it. Trouble is, the goal is no ordinary prize. In a flash of light, his parents disappear, leaving Aiden to uncover the secret behind the artifact while he flees from the man who hired them to steal it in the first place.

Patti Larsen · 奇幻
分數不夠
30 Chs

Chapter Twenty Seven: Keeper Of Many Paths

It took her some time to calm, but when she did Aiden filled her in on what he had been up to.

"I found Reacher," he said after she cursed Tremaine for trying to poison him.

"Reacher?"

"The Guardian," he said. "The one Tremaine wanted the Key for. Ashala, he can make more!"

Her eyes got back some of their old resolve. "We have to take him with us."

"I know," he said. "But first, I have to get the Key."

"Tremaine has her," she said.

"I know where she is. I saw her. And my backpack."

"It's too dangerous," she said. "He'll capture you and then me and he'll! he'll!" she choked up again.

"What, Ash?"

"This is wrong, Aiden," she said. "No Keeper is meant to carry more than one set of the Paths." She stared down at her toes. "I may not be complete in my Earth Paths, but I've begun them." Ashala forced a breath, whole body straining as if she struggled with the very air. "This is terrible." She hung her head, hands lifting to cover her face.