A Dream of Ashes: An Ava James Mystery (Chronicles of the Modern Mystics Book 1) by Orlando A. Sanchez

Author:Orlando A. Sanchez [Sanchez, Orlando A.]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Publisher: OM Publishing
Published: 2016-04-27T04:00:00+00:00

FIFTEEN

GORO SHIFTED HIS weight and crossed the dojo floor in less than a second. Sensei met his advance and stepped in front of me, partially deflecting a blast of air that shoved me to the side.

He’s the Air Mystic.

I let my power flow and spill out around me. The temperature in the room increased by several degrees. Goro smiled at me. It was an ugly, twisted thing that made me want to erase it from his face with as much pain as I could give him. I rushed in with my sticks on fire.

“Ava, no!” yelled my Sensei, but it was too late.

He opened his robe and uncapped a bottle strapped to his waist. It was attached to him upside down, which struck me as odd as I watched the water pour out and remain static in the air.

He’s a Water Mystic too—shit.

With a gesture, he shaped the water into a large spike and sent it at me. It headed for my midsection and would have impaled me where I stood if Sensei hadn’t shattered it with a fist. She pulled me out of the way as the shower of ice slammed down where I had stood seconds earlier.

“He’s a binary?” I said, backing up. “How is he a binary? I only sensed one ability.”

My breath came in short gasps and I forced myself to breathe deeply. Dealing with a primary was bad. Fighting with someone who could wield two powers was insane.

“No,” she said. “He’s a tertiary. He uses his last power the most……He’s a void walker. Once he transitions, he will stay that way. It also means no powers for us.”

This just went from insane to suicidal.

“I need my guns,” I whispered. “I have void ammo.”

“They won’t work,” she said. “Not against him.””

“Void ammunition works on every mystic, Sensei,” I said. “That’s why it was created.”

“Not every mystic,” she said. “Stop relying on your guns and use your skill. Stay focused, because he will try to unbalance you.””

Goro let the water spill away from him and then produced two long blades. They had the same violet glow as my sticks.

I approached him from the left in a defensive stance. Sensei approached from the right. He stood in a semi-crouch and waited for us.

“It is good to see that you do not fear death, Hana,” he said. “I promise to end you with dignity.”

“I do not cling to life—there is a difference, Goro,” she answered. “You never understood that. As for your promises, they are like the dying storm, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing.”

“Did you just Shakespeare him?” I whispered. “Are you crazy? He’s trying to kill us.”

“I know,” she said. The briefest of smiles crossed her face as he yelled in anger and attacked her.

I could feel the waves of null energy flowing from him, which meant my flames were gone. I could see the violet glow sputter from my sticks as I closed on him. He had unleashed a flow-state unlike anything I had ever felt.

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