Book Four: Chapter 144

She blew on the tarot card and it hovered in the air. She put the phone on top and then summoned tiny little ice clamps to hold it in place. Mike pushed the start button and watched as the card and his phone zipped away into the woods. He wondered if insurance would cover loss in the Underworld, but figured he would just order another one. Hopefully Quetzalli hadn’t fried out his computer since he left, because that’s where the most recent backup of his phone was.

The sniffing came closer, and the blazing eyes of the Cerberus twinkled in the mist like stars. It was coming closer, and he and Yuki hid behind the trees to buy themselves a few more seconds.

The distant tones of his alarm echoed through the mist, and Cerberus charged toward it, kicking up dirt and leaves that splashed against the trees they were hiding behind. They both waited until it was some distance away, and then broke into a run.

What started as a jog soon turned into a sprint, and he was surprise