A Plague of Deceit by Bella Forrest

Author:Bella Forrest [Forrest, Bella]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Nightlight Press
Published: 2018-10-11T05:00:00+00:00

Elonora

I was becoming genuinely exhausted with fighting Ta’Zan’s winged and dangerously good-looking monster-warriors. Granted, we had the pulverizer pellets, but I didn’t want to go through our batch so quickly. Plus, this guy seemed different. The hairs on the back of my neck stood up straight, summoned by his mere presence.

The air was supercharged. I could almost feel the electricity pinching the tip of my tongue.

Cassiel was what Varga referred to as an “upgraded Perfect.” As if all the others we’d been dealing with weren’t good enough. Since we were still out here and still standing, despite these incredible killing machines hunting us, clearly, they weren’t.

I pointed my weapon at him, aiming straight for his head.

“I don’t have any time for this crap,” I said. “Leave now, or I’ll turn you into ashes.”

Cassiel chuckled, then looked at the rest of my crew, his attention temporarily grabbed by Varga and me. “You two are quite interesting. And biological siblings, too, if I’m not mistaken.”

“You’re observant. Congratulations. Ta’Zan didn’t screw up with you like he did with the others,” I said.

“Hey,” Raphael playfully scolded me, as if I’d offended him, too.

I gave him a sheepish smile. “You’re special.”

“Raphael. I’ve heard great stories about you,” Cassiel interjected. “My brothers told me about your strength and virtue.”

“You made friends?” Raphael retorted, his tone clipped.

Ten more Perfects emerged from the woods, all of them dressed for war—silvery chest plates, shin guards and arm bands. Their claws were extended, and their sneers told me all about how much they wanted to rip us to shreds, but couldn’t, since they probably still had orders to take us alive.

“Quite a few,” Cassiel said, grinning.

“Yeah, they’re not as scary as they used to be,” Varga replied, then gave me a devilish wink. My trigger finger moved, ever so slightly. I knew we’d talked about trying to reason with the Perfects before killing them, but these guys didn’t seem like they were willing to listen. On the contrary.

“Wait until I pull your entrails out while you’re still breathing,” one of the Perfects hissed.

Cassiel raised a hand to silence him. “Enough, Brother. We are to take them alive, remember?”

“They’ve been nothing but a headache to us and Father!” the Perfect spat. “We can’t possibly indulge him in this, not anymore. Cassiel, they must die!”

“Well, then, it’s a good thing that I give the orders here,” Cassiel muttered, his lips twisted with disgust. He shifted his focus back to Varga and me. “You should know that I was told to do my best to take you alive, unless the task proves to be too difficult. Will you make it difficult, Elonora?”

I rolled my eyes, already worried we’d be wasting more pulverizer pellets on these bastards. “I was never one to take the easy way out,” I said, then gave Raphael a sideways glance. “Think you can take as many of them out as possible, and we poof-poof the rest?” I whispered.

Raphael pursed his lips, then looked back at Cassiel.

“Listen, Cassiel, I don’t

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