A Dawn Of Blood: The Chronicles Book 3 (The Originals of Grimm Academy - The Chronicles) by Lyra Forger

Author:Lyra Forger [Forger, Lyra]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: anonymous
Published: 2024-11-29T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 47

I’m anxious as I call for an urgent meeting, anxious as I make my way to the Main Hall and anxious as I watch the Embers start arriving.

“What is it?” de Groot demands as she materializes in front of me. “Why are we here?”

Damn it. She probably thinks… “I’m so sorry, de Groot,” I say softly, “but it’s got nothing to do with Jaeger.”

I see disappointment flash through her eyes before her features harden and she throws daggers at me. “Why are you apologizing to me?”

She doesn’t wait for an answer. She just takes her seat. “You know what,” she drawls as the others get settled in as well, “just get on with it, won’t you?”

My eyes sweep around the table, seeing the anticipation on everyone’s faces. “I thought about it, and… In the light of all the new information, I have a proposal to make.”

“Go on,” Nuala says with a slow nod, “we’re listening.”

I clear my throat and force myself to just spit it out. “I want us to kidnap Cain and bring him here.”

No reply. Only silence, as if everyone just froze in place.

I frown. “Are you… Did you hear what I just said?”

Raven leans a little forward, worry in her eyes. “Anna… Why don’t you, Alaric and I go have a coffee in the Junkyard? I think you could use the break.”

I have to fight not to grit my teeth. I mean, I knew they wouldn’t exactly be open to it, but… “You’re acting as if I’m being crazy,” I grind out.

“I think you are being crazy,” Dryden mutters under his breath.

“How is this any crazier than going after materials for a god-killing sword?” I protest.

“It’s more dangerous, that’s for one,” he snaps.

“And it’s an absolute waste of time at that,” Nuala adds.

“Exactly,” Dryden chimes in again. “It’s a dangerous waste of time.”

I take a moment to collect myself. Then I lean forward and look around the table again. “You’re looking at it the wrong way. We have two people on opposing sides. We have me on the side of the Resistance and Cain on the side of the enemy army. If we only bring the two of us together—”

“Love will conquer all,” de Groot interrupts with a poisonous drawl, “and everyone will live happily ever after, right? Is that what you were going to say?”

She’s hurting, I remind myself. I take a deep breath and say, “I need him. We need him. Do this for me and I won’t ask anything of you ever again.”

There’s a moment of silence before Nuala lets out a weary sigh. “Alright.”

Hope floods me.

“What the hell are you doing, Nuala?” Dryden snaps.

She signals to him to shut his mouth. “We’ll take all the time we need to prepare…”

“Of course,” I rush to say. “We’ll be real careful.”

“And once we get our hands on him,” she drawls as she raises her eyebrows at me in a warning, “if we manage to do it, it won’t be so the two of you can have a candlelit dinner or whatever.

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