The Unimaginable World by Amber Riel (ereader with dictionary txt) 📕

Thorn placed a hand on my shoulder for reassurance.  “We’re going to do whatever it takes.”         

I locked eyes with Thorn and for the first time I felt some kind of affection toward him.  The feeling was new to me because I was always too busy to have any relationship with a man.  I sighed and closed my eyes to let it go.  “Grim warned me and I failed.”         

“We’ll get a team together and go from there,” Thorn replied, glancing around at everyone.  “We will do whatever it takes to stop the invasion… even if it means that we must reveal ourselves to the mortals.”         

Wickham nodded in agreement.         

“I’m game,” Ziles spoke with a hungry look in his eyes.  The werewolves loved hunting and zombies were one of their favorite meals so I wasn’t surprised by his reaction.

“Reveal ourselves to the mortals?” Elisa asked, smirking.  “The mortals are going to be afraid of us.  Some of our members transform into wolf and human like creatures whereas others can’t even show themselves during the sunlight hours because of the fact the sun could kill them and when the mortals find out what they are they’re going to be just as panicked as when they realize that their civilization is under attack by zombies.  Yes I see that plan working out extremely well.”         

Thorn shook his head.  “We’ll do whatever we need too and we will show the mortals that we’re not there to harm them.  Now go get help, everyone.”         

We all nodded and began leaving.  I was about to leave the way I came when Thorn grabbed my hand and pulled me back to face him.  “Quill, don’t be so hard on yourself.  Wickham was right when he said that it could have happened to anyone.”         

I nodded.         

When he realized that he was still holding onto my hand, he dropped it quickly.  “Sorry.”         

I sighed and slightly smiled.  “It’s fine and thanks.  I’m going to go talk to the mummy.  I think he’s ready to fix what he has done wrong when he was brought here.”         

Thorn nodded.  “I’ll go with you unless you’d rather just go with Bones,” he spoke laughing a little.         

My smile grew.  “You can come, commander.”         

He nodded again.

We walked into the cells till we came to the one with a mortal like mummy.  He wore a robe which revealed his bare chest and what could almost be mistake for underwear.  He was bald but he wasn’t too bad looking.  He appeared to be somewhere in his thirties at least.         

“Ready to make up for the bad you had done in Ancient Egypt?” Thorn asked.

The man looked over at us and smiled.  He stood up and walked over to where we were.  He grabbed onto the bar and nodded.  “I’m ready.  I also need to apologize to Grim for ignoring his warning when I was alive,” he replied.         

Thorn nodded.  “Well I think Grim forgave you already because the angels with God forgive.”         

The man’s smile grew.  “Now what can I help with?” he asked.          

“A zombie escaped into the portal which leads to the world of the mortals,” I replied.  “It was kind of my fault.”

The man looked at me and shook his head.  “Don’t blame yourself, kid.”         

“Imhotep,” Thorn interrupted, “we need your help to fight off the zombies.  Can we count on you to help us?”

Imhotep nodded.  “Anything to make amends… if that’s the right choice of words… with the world.”         

I looked down at the ground again then looked up at Imhotep.  “You’re going to need to get some actually clothes because you aren’t going into the mortals’ world dressed like that.”         

Imhotep looked down at his robe and laughed.  He looked back at me and let a smile grow on his face.  “Will do,” he replied.

I stood with Imhotep and Thorn in the middle of the court, waiting for the others in the order to return.  Bones ran around, chasing skinless squirrels up the trucks of dead wilting trees outside of the court yard.  I took a deep breath, wondering how bad the invasion was in the mortals’ world.  I figured that it had to be between ten thousand to ten million mortals already gone because one an invasion starts it keeps going.  It’s a never ending cycle which would be my fault that it was even happening in the first place.         

Elisa arrived with a few others from the order for help.  “Axel, Inforabore, Vivid, and Wells, have agreed to come,” she informed us, gesturing toward the others.         

Thorn looked at me and slightly nodded.         

I walked over to them and examined the four members who had arrived with Elisa.  “Inforabore,” I began examining the chocolate colored male with dark brown eyes of sorrow, “I don’t think we’ve met personally but I have heard a lot about you.”         

He nodded.  “You must be Quill,” he replied.         

I nodded in return.  I took a moment to examine his weapons when I noticed that his hands had been wrapped with some sort of cloth.  “Shape shifter?” I asked.         

He nodded.  “I can take the shape of anyone or anything.  I can blend in or stand out.”         

I nodded.  “We could use your help,” I told him.         

A half smile grew on his face.         

I walked over to the only woman in the group Elisa had found.  “Vivid, I’m assuming?”         

She nodded with a smile.  Her eyes were blue-green and her brown hair fell down to her shoulders.  She was dressed as if she were ready for winter or something.  “I’m a demi-goddess,” she replied.         

“Demon,” I spoke backing away and pulling out a sword.         

“I am for good, not evil,” she spoke raising both of her hands.         

Demi-gods or goddesses were from the fallen angels and usually meant danger but sometimes they were harmless.  I didn’t want to take the chance, not knowing for sure if we would be able to trust her or not.         

“Please,” she spoke with a soft sweet tune in her voice, “I only want to help.”         

“Lower your weapon, Quill,” Thorn’s voice spoke from behind me.         

I lowered my weapon but still kept my eyes on Vivid.

“Which part of the world are you from?” Thorn asked.

“The mortals’ world, I’m assuming,” Vivid spoke, averting her eyes from me to Thorn.  “Ancient Greece,” she answered.  “Aphrodite had mated with a human male.  She was persuasive,” she smiled while she locked eyes with Thorn.         

Jealousy began to feel up inside of me at the sound of her voice when she spoke but I managed to keep down my feelings.         

“The Greeks were unaware about me because my mother didn’t want my presence to be known to the mortals.”  I watched her walk over to Thorn and examine him with interest.         

I hated the thought that she might try something with him.         

Thorn pulled away from her.  Apparently she made him feel uncomfortable.  “Continue with the next two, Quill,” he told me while he continued to pull away from the demon.

I nodded then turned my attention back toward the others.  “Which one’s Axel?” I asked.         

“I am,” the one spoke.  He appeared to be human until I noticed his fangs.  He had to be somewhere between twenty and twenty-five at least that was what his appearance had revealed.  “I’m a vampire,” he answered.

I nodded.  “Your fangs gave it away…”         

“This is my brother, Wells,” he interrupted, gesturing toward the other young man.  They looked almost alike.

“Twins?” I asked.         

He nodded.         

“Okay.”         

Wickham and Ziles had arrived with about five others.  I’ve recognized two of the new arrivals.  They were a couple of other werewolves from Wickham’s pack but the other three were unfamiliar to me.         

“Dane and Wavira,” I spoke, bowing toward them.         

“Quill,” Wavira replied.  She was a friendly person and knew how to get along with everyone.  She also was a gentle spirit.  She was Wickham’s fiancée and I knew she was good for him from the moment they met.  She had been separated from her parents and left to fend for herself when Wickham’s pack had found her.  “Thorn.”

Thorn smiled and nodded toward her.         

Dane was the expert in the field of death and zombies.

After the others had brought back help and everyone was introduced, we headed to the portal which led from our world to the mortals’ world.  I exchanged looks with everyone, unsure of what to expect.  “I haven’t been to the mortals’ world so I don’t quite know what to expect from them,” I spoke.         

Wickham smiled slightly.  “They can be creative or destructive.  I go with my father when he has to go to see the wolf council… sometimes we go to visit the other packs that are there to live and keep the humans protected from danger… so on and so forth.”         

I nodded and took a deep breathe.  “I’ll go first because this was my fault.”  I took a step into the portal and instantly I found myself standing in a whole new world that actually looked a lot like home.  The only problem was that it had been ruined by the zombie which had found its way through.  I looked up at the sky, noticing the dark grey clouds which revealed danger and threats to the world of the mortals.  This is my fault, I thought while I took a look around.         

Eventually the others had worked their way through the portal and into the mortals’ world.  Thorn walked over and stood beside me.  We locked eyes with each other and I shook my head in shame.         

Bones ran out and looked around the new land.         

“I did this,” I whispered to Thorn.         

Thorn shook his head.  “Any of us could have made the same mistake so don’t worry about it.”  He turned around to face the others.  “We need