A Dance with Darkness (Otherworld Academy Book 1) by Jenna Wolfhart

Author:Jenna Wolfhart [Wolfhart, Jenna]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-03-26T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Fourteen

Outside of the bar, Liam was silent as we bustled our way through the city streets and back toward where we’d dropped of his horse. His shoulders were tight, and the skin underneath his jaw rippled with tension. He didn’t have to say a word for me to understand what he was feeling.

On the one hand, we’d gotten the information we’d come to get, but it had turned out to be far worse than Liam must have been expecting. The Autumn Court was planning something, alright, and it sounded as though they wanted to take down the entirety of the Summer Court.

I half-expected the fae from the bar to follow close behind us, waiting until the right moment to slide their swords into our backs. But, somehow, we managed to reach the stables safely. We were back on our horse before the clock struck midnight, though the heavy storm-clouds overhead crackled with fierce and dangerous lightning. Any moment now, the clouds would open up, and rain would pour down on our heads.

When we were finally outside the city boundary, Liam pulled on the reigns to slow the horse’s trot. He cast a glance over his shoulder, his entire face a grim knot of worry and anger.

“Here’s a good training exercise for you, Norah,” he said in a quiet, dangerous voice. “What did you make of that?”

“It sounded like the attack they have planned will target the Summer Court Royals,” I said without letting a beat pass. “Like maybe they want to merge your Court with theirs?”

“Close,” he said after a moment. “But it sounded like more than that. Notice what they said about the seasons.”

“About the stifling heat turning into a cool breeze?” I asked with a frown. “I thought he was just being dramatic.”

“If only that were the case, Norah.” Liam stiffened and shook his head. “Autumn fae are not dramatic. If one says that the seasons will change, then that is likely precisely what he meant.”

A crack split the sky, and torrents of rain slashed sideways onto the dirt-packed ground. Liam flicked the reigns, and the horse began to trot again, but the increased pace did little to outrun the rain. It splattered my face and my hands, soaking into the golden cloak I still wore, the material clinging to my shivering body.

After several moments of this, Liam stopped the horse in one of the small villages we’d passed through on the way. Every single inch of me was drenched and frozen, so much so that I could no longer feel my toes in the thin leather boots I’d been dumb enough to wear. The rain had even soaked through that, sneaking in to turn my socks into a soggy mess.

“There’s an Inn here where we can stay,” Liam said after he led the horse into the stable. He slid to the ground and held a hand out for me. When I jumped off, my landing was even worse than before, mostly due to the fact I couldn’t feel my feet.

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