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Earth to Hell
Kylie Chan
The first book in an addictive new urban fantasy series of gods and demons, martial arts and mythology, from the author of White Tiger.It is eight years since Xuan Wu, God of the Northern Heavens, living in Hong Kong as wealthy businessman John Chen, was exiled from the mortal realm. Emma and John's daughter, Simone, are facing a new series of threats. Leo, their best fighter, is sitting in Hell, but when they journey below to persuade him home, nothing is as it appears.On Earth, Simon Wong, the Demon King's son, is no longer around to trouble them, but his associates have taken over Simon's underworld activities. The otherworldly stones are being targeted and are in danger of their kind being completely destroyed.It seems that the Demon King is the only one Emma can turn to for help…
Table of Contents
Title Page (#u3c92556f-f916-5a7b-8d0c-ee35bd65c02c)
Chapter 1 (#ua02290b0-23d8-5903-b8d3-e5da1f833905)
Chapter 2 (#uf30f38a4-cf6e-5aff-8094-0466ca5c2240)
Chapter 3 (#u0b7d2982-a7db-5a73-91a0-117a28295abd)
Chapter 4 (#u2760b4b0-4b9f-57a8-b18b-4dd8d348ead7)
Chapter 5 (#ued344593-9b94-5c69-8016-e483ef4ab9ce)
Chapter 6 (#uae8ce022-cfd9-543a-aafa-f2d899837aed)
Chapter 7 (#u97da8635-7bf9-51d5-9e00-616de8df4bc6)
Chapter 8 (#ubeb76290-fc00-5566-9ea2-a8677b265538)
Chapter 9 (#u372fa61a-fcc2-5552-b2c3-d11b96a9390b)
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The Serpent slides through the black icy water of the Antarctic, wreathed in permanent darkness.
The Turtle hides from the weak Arctic sun beneath the ice.
They cry, but there is no answer.
CHAPTER 1
The Serpent slides through the
black icy water of the Antarctic,
wreathed in permanent darkness.
The Turtle hides from the weak
Arctic sun beneath the ice.
They cry, but there is no answer.
‘Now,’ I said gently, ‘concentrate. You’ve done it before. This time, bring the chi out as slowly as you can. Feel the rubber band pulling it back.’
Apple bit her lip and the glowing yellow ball of chi floated out of her outstretched palm.
Emma, emergency, the stone in my ring said. Some third years have run into trouble. They raided a prostitution den in Mong Kok that was holding sex slaves, and instead of humans running the show they met up with demons. They need help.
‘Let the chi go, Apple,’ I said, still very gentle.
The chi floated back down into Apple’s hand and she sagged.
‘Take a break now, and don’t try it again without supervision,’ I said. ‘I’ve been called away, so we’ll end it there. Head back to the Folly and have a rest.’
Apple nodded. ‘Yes, ma’am. Thank you.’
I patted her shoulder, then quickly rose and spoke urgently to the stone as I charged out to the stairwell. ‘Get Marcus to bring the car around the front. I’ll meet him at the ground floor. Which Masters are free?’
‘Sit, Park, Lee and Edwards are there already. The demons are holding the students hostage. It’s a standoff,’ the stone said.
I jumped over the balustrade to the empty space in the centre of the stairwell, twenty storeys to the ground. I fell at maximum speed until the floor loomed below me, then slowed my fall, levered one foot on the railing and jumped down to the landing in front of the ground floor door.
‘Demons holding third years? They must be big,’ I said.
Do you need us? General Ma said into my head. The demons holding your students are quite large.
‘Aren’t you dealing with a demon attack on the Horse Village?’ I asked via the stone.
The Majia are handling it well, General Ma said. If we bring in the Princess we will be finished very quickly and be back in Hong Kong within the hour to help your students. Western Horsemen are on their way to assist us.
‘Can the Horses and Horsemen handle it?’ I said. ‘I don’t want to take Simone out of school unless it’s absolutely necessary, you know that. She’s skipping a lot of school with these attacks as it is.’
They can handle.
‘Head back when you’re relieved, and we’ll see if we need your help. How long do you think it will be?’
About an hour and a half.
‘See you then.’
My Lady.
It took nearly forty-five minutes to reach the area of Mong Kok where the students were being held hostage. Marcus wound his way through the narrow, busy streets of the area and dropped me outside the brothel, then went off in search of a car park. The brothel had a large sign outside advertising the prices: White Russian 500; Fair Skin Thai 400; North and South Chinese 300.
Two of the Masters, Sit and Park, stood outside the brothel with a group of five or six seniors, looking up at the second-storey windows. The brothel was a blackened concrete apartment building, 1950s era, with small barred windows on each floor. The ground floor was occupied by a microscopic mobile phone shop, all pristine white tiles and blazing lights. The brothel’s single front door had a steel gate, which now hung open. Plain narrow concrete stairs led up inside.
‘Where’s Edwards?’ I said.
‘Around the back in the alley with another couple of seniors,’ said Lee.
‘What do we have here?’
‘Six level fifty to sixty demons. A couple of them appear to be Mothers. They’re holding a team of third years who came in to practise on them and were taken by surprise.’
‘Mothers? Damn. Anybody hurt?’
‘One of the prostitutes tried to escape and a demon smacked her down; she’s probably concussed,’ Sit said. ‘A couple of the students sustained some severe injuries when they were taken — these demons hit them hard with some sort of energy blast.’
‘The police aren’t aware of what’s going on? We won’t see uniforms and guns roll up?’
‘No,’ Park said.
‘What do the demons want?’
‘Free passage.’
‘That’s all?’
‘Yes. We’re just waiting for you to give the go-ahead on either a raid or to let them go. We’re prepared either way.’
‘Recommendation?’
‘Let them go.’
‘Can we take them down without hurting any more girls or students?’
Park hesitated, then, ‘No.’
‘Let them go.’
‘Ma’am.’
Park concentrated, and the teams moved into action. Sit and Lee went upstairs to deliver the deal to the demons. A bus appeared around the corner and stopped outside the brothel.
‘Demons took off,’ Park said. ‘Lee has taken a recording.’
‘Good.’
