Page 23 of Whispered Warnings: Part One

“What’s all over you?” Ransom adds. Before yelling, “River! Reed!”

Reed arrives in a split second, but River doesn’t.

“That’s an imp,” he says, then gets a closer look at me, his eyes widening in shock.

“Before anyone says anything, he’s going to explain,” I start, glaring at the imp.

“Neith, imps don’t talk to other supes and even if they did, we wouldn’t be able to understand them, they don’t speak in our language.”

I shake my head, “He does,” turning to the imp, I say, “Tell them what you did, and where you sent me.”

“What the fuck,” Doc asks.

His expression is so shocked that it derails me for a moment, and I ask, “What?”

“You spoke their language,” Evander replies.

I shake my head, “No, I didn’t.”

“You did,” Reed says bluntly, and really, if Reed says that’s the case, then I have no reason not to believe him.

I shrug, I will deal with that in a minute, “Tell them, in a language that they understand.”

The imp stares at me for a moment before he nods, “As you wish.”

“It spoke,” Raiden says, eyes wide.

“It spoke our language,” Doc adds.

I sigh, “Thank fuck you can understand him.”

“We do not like to speak to outsiders but miss commands it so I will do as she commands.”

“Oh, now you fucking listen to my commands,” I growl at it, my hand clenching on my sword.

The imp grimaces slightly but does as I have previously asked and tells the guys what happened, “Miss had to complete a task, she had to get home, and I sent her to another realm.”

“What!” Griff exclaims.

“Had to be done,” Flinotive replies.

“Why?” Reed asks.

“That’s what I would like to know,” I reply.

Flin shakes his head, “Can’t say. Bye now.”

That’s it, he’s gone.

“Where the fuck did he go?” Evander asks, looking around the room to see if he is hiding anywhere.

“Probably back to the forest, there are quite a few of them living in there,” I reply tiredly.

“I have no idea what the fuck just happened,” Doc comments staring at me, his gaze runs over me, and he wrinkles his nose, “where are your shoes?”

“A puddle ate one and I sacrificed the other one,” I reply, wriggling my toes, and leaning on my sword, pointy side down.

“Where did you get the sword?” Raiden asks.

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