All Chapters of Irish Midsummer: Chapter 11 - Chapter 17

MAEVE “Where is it?!” I muttered and let out a frustrated groan. The brown papers which lined the shelves did not look like anything unique. Searching for some map I could barely identify was more aggravating than not being able to locate it but I knew I had to keep looking. I carefully peered into the scrolls displayed to find some inclination that I had seen what I was searching for but that proved futile. I tried to maintain the arrangement that the parchments had before I started disrupting their existence. It was one thing to be rummaging through the enemy’s property. It was another to get caught or leave hints that you have been there. When it looked decent enough, I backed away from the shelf and accidentally stubbed my heel against the table. I felt pain shoot up my Achilles heel and I instantly slapped my palm against my mouth to muffle a shout. Tears formed at the corners of my eyes and I blinked, I felt waves of pain, rage and anger course through me. Slowl

MAEVE Getting the map was the easy part, leaving the realm unnoticed was another ball game. Aisling was right, the soldiers might be distracted but they weren’t all stupid. A few of them hung around the entrance, they looked disturbed by what was happening on the other side of the realm but knew they had to stand their ground and watch the area. I could see why we needed a form of distraction and a secret entrance to make it this far, but the real problem was getting towards the barrier and slipping through unnoticed. I turned to Aisling and could see that she was already thinking about a way around it. We had made it past our first hurdle which was getting out of the palace grounds unnoticed, hopefully, we make it past this one. I turned around and imagined what it would be like if we simply took a boat and sailed away but that was wishful thinking. Neither of us knew how to sail correctly, the map we had was one of the enchanted forest and travelling by water would g

MAEVE “The path’s also dark on the map,” she said in a shaky voice. I stared at the path and chuckled, pleasantly surprised that my theory had turned out to be true.When the map changed after the cloaking spell, I had a hard time processing what was happening but I began wondering if the forest wanted us to shed our human form momentarily. The more time I spent staring at the path before me, the more I felt inclined to try out the theory. I didn’t know a lot about the Waddock but being here felt like I had stepped into a much different and powerful realm than what I was used to, it felt nothing like the books back home had described, I could feel a low hum under my feet like the ground was vibrating and that unnerved me as much as it fascinated me. I inhaled as a cold familiar tinge slowly crept on me, I could tell that it came from the path and another idea had already begun forming in my mind but I needed Aisling to turn too to be certain I wasn’t getting ahead of myse

MAEVE I turned towards where the path had been and stared in confusion while struggling with the crippling feeling that I had made a terrible mistake. “Don’t let that bother you, it happens often” the strange man called out and I turned my gaze to him.His full form came into view and my confusion intensified; he had a humanoid form with wings sticking out of his back but his figure seemed to shift periodically. One second, you’re seeing a man, the next a bird, and as he walked towards me, I felt like I needed to run in the opposite direction. An unusual wave of fear enveloped me when he stopped a few steps away from me and stretched out his hand.“Who, who are you?” I stuttered. His wings flapped open and a black swirling hole appeared behind him. The hole seemed to pulsate with life, I felt like it was calling out to me but what stood out more was the certainty that I had seen it somewhere before. I just couldn’t remember where and something about his expression thr