Page 24 of Forgotten Arcane

“Fuck,” I curse as I run my hand through my hair. “This is really not fucking good.”

“No, it’s not. But we will deal with it, and Neith is about as protected as it gets,” Ty tries to reassure me.

I nod, “Yeah, that’s true, I still don’t like it though.”

“Me neither,” he replies. “We can discuss all of that in more depth when you come back. For now, go home and enjoy spending time together as a team and having a break. I have a feeling that those will be few and far between soon.”

I raise my eyebrow, “There are more updates then?”

Ty chuckles, “Yes, there are, but if I get into them now, then you will all be back to work tomorrow, and everything can wait. We’ve got it handled, and like I said, HID is staying quiet for the moment, which is one of our biggest concerns.”

“Yeah, you’re probably right. Are you sure there isn’t anything that needs our attention now?” I double-check since I can’t seem to help myself, and I know that the guys will feel the same way that I do, and will be happy to go back to work sooner if we are needed.

Ty smiles and nods, “Yes, I’m sure. Now get home, I know for a fact that you all need to rest after everything that you’ve been through.”

I nod in agreement, “That’s definitely true, I don’t think I have ever been this exhausted. Thanks, see you in a week or so.”

Ty smiles and nods, and I let my magic wrap around me again, pulling me from Ty’s office and back home. I choose to appear in the front room since I know that is where everyone is going to be.

“Holy shit, you need to wear some sort of bell or something,” Griff exclaims as I appear, and I grin.

“I could probably work out a way to warn you that I’m about to pop in, but then again, where would the fun be in that?” I ask with a smirk.

“Seriously?” Reed asks, looking amused. “All of those times that you have dropped in unexpectedly and scared the shit out of us, you could have warned us beforehand that you were coming?”

I shrug, “Probably, if I really tried.”

“I can tell when he’s about to arrive,” Neith says with a pleased smirk.

Coen smiles, “That must be your angel. How did you recognize that it was Doc, though?”

Neith grins, “That part of my magic isn’t new, I’ve always been able to tell the strength of a supernatural, and who the magic is coming from.”

Coen’s eyebrows rise as his eyes narrow slightly in realization. I’m guessing from his reaction that Neith didn’t tell him about that side of her either. Although I had kind of figured that out already.

“Alright, now Doc’s here, and the food is here. Fill me in,” Coen says impatiently, clearly done with waiting now.

Evander nods, “Grab your food and start eating. This is going to take a while to explain. There is quite a lot that we need to fill you in on, so that you’re up to speed. We will explain the most important things. I think it would be impossible to try to explain everything in one sitting, and we’re bound to leave things out and forget things anyway. Obviously, we will then explain things as and when they come up, and ask any questions you want.”

“You’re definitely going to have questions,” River grins as he stuffs a slice of pizza in his mouth.

“Shall I start with how I got here?” Neith asks.

Evander nods, “Yeah, that’s probably a good starting point.”

“So, HID blew me up with a bazooka,” Neith says casually.

“What!” Coen exclaims. “Please tell me you’re fucking joking.”

Neith shrugs, “Nope.”

She then goes on to explain about her dying and how she got here and everything else that followed. The rest of us then chime in with other things,and although I’m aware that we’re leaving some things out, we would be here for days if we tried to catch him up on everything right now.

When we’re all done, Coen just sits there for a few moments, his eyebrows high on his forehead and looking surprised, and possibly slightly overwhelmed at the amount of information that was just given to him.

“That explains the tether that you mentioned when Neith and Raiden dropped,” he says finally.

Raiden nods, “Yeah, it’s all quite complicated. We haven’t even gotten on to anything to do with work, and the case that we’re working on, and the complications around that yet.”

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