The Surien Series Blood Guardian by Mindy Majors Read Free Book Online Page B

Atlantean there.”
    “Well, at least you weren’t seen by humans. Did you see who is trying to kill her?” Daire asked.
    “Unfortunately no, he stayed in the shadows.”
    “For now we will just have to erase their memory of you. We can put them in an alley near the shop and when they wake they will think they passed out in the fire and have no idea how they escaped,” Daire suggested, “at least then she will still think I’m just a dream.”
    “In the interest of time, that will have to do for now but we need to get this whole situation dealt with or we will both be on Athena’s shit list and that’s the last place I want to be right now,” Jareth groused.
    “Is there ever a good time to be on Athena’s shit list?” Daire asked sarcastically.
    “Good point,” Jareth agreed grimly.
    They altered the girl’s memories and placed them in an empty alley not too far from the magic shop. Hiding in an abandoned building they planted a suggestion into the mind of a nearby firefighter to look around in the alley across the street. He called for help when he found the girls unconscious on the ground and then used smelling salts to revive them.
    “What happened?” the fireman asked.
    “I don’t know,” Kassie said, “we were in my apartment watching movies and we smelled smoke.”
    “We tried to get out but none of the windows would open, we even tried to break one with a hammer but it wouldn’t break,” Symarah explained.
    “How did you get out?” the fireman asked.
    “I don’t know,” Kassie replied, “we passed out from the smoke and woke up here with you.”
    Jareth and Daire were relieved to hear that their plan had worked and they were just about to leave, when they heard Symarah disagree with her friend.
    “No, we yelled for help through the only open window remember?” she said to Kassie, “and then he came and saved us; we jumped out the window and he caught us.”
    Kassaundra looked at her friend, completely confused; she shook her head. “No, I don’t remember any of that.”
    “Who saved you ma’am?” the fireman questioned. But before she had a chance to answer, Daire froze the scene.
    “What are you doing?” Jareth snapped. “You can’t just freeze the whole street; what if someone comes around the corner and sees?”
    “She was about to give them your name and description, do you really want the police looking for you?”
    “No, I suppose not, but I don’t understand why our plan worked on her friend but not her.”
    “I don’t know, it’s never happened before but we don’t have time to figure it out now. I’m going to have to talk to her, ask her not to give your name and tell her I’ll explain everything later.”
    “Do you really think that is wise?” Jareth asked.
    “No, of course not, but what other choice do I have?”
    Daire flashed himself in front of Symarah and unfroze her.
    “What the hell is going on, why isn’t anyone moving?” Symarah started to panic as she looked around at the unmoving scene.
    “Everything is fine, I just froze them so we could talk for a minute,” Daire said calmly as he crouched down in front of her.
    She smiled when she saw him, the most beautiful smile he had ever seen.
    “Oh, thank God, I am dreaming; I wasn’t sure for a minute there.”
    “No Symarah, you are not dreaming, I am real, and so is Jareth.” 
    “Of course I am, that would explain everything. I mean a fire is normal enough but not getting any cell phone service when we always did before, the windows wouldn’t open or break, then Jareth saving us, and now Kassie doesn’t remember any of it. It has to be a dream, it’s the only thing that makes sense.”
    “The man who wants you dead took out your cell phone service and sealed the windows with his powers and the reason your friend doesn’t remember any of it is because I erased her memories to protect Jareth.”
    “You erased her memories?” Symarah asked as a horrified look spread across her