A Rebel Witch by McLeo

Author:McLeo
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781947245259
Publisher: McLeo

The instant we stepped out of the warphole, a powerful, horrible stench hit me so strongly that I almost wished I was back in the tunnel.

We were in a large clearing. The pristine white snow was dotted with copious amounts of red blood. Horrifyingly enough, the source of the smell and the blood was a massive creature lying on the ground a few feet away. Blood poured from its neck, and a mouth full of rotten teeth was open wide in death.

My stomach heaved, and I clapped my hands over my eyes, wanting to block out what I could never unsee.

“Release the Spellcasters’ troll!” a voice boomed from above.

My spine stiffened. The Spellcasters’ troll? Was that what the thing on the ground was? Now we had to face one too?

In answer, the sound of lifting metal gates hit my ears, followed by a groan—Andre’s.

“Don’t tell me that is what I think it is?” I whispered, still unable to uncover my eyes.

“Okay, I won’t tell you, but I’m guessing you know, seeing as some asshole just announced it,” Sam muttered, her tone dark.

Somewhere in the woods, a creature roared, deep and furious. My stomach tightened.

Fine. We had to defeat a mountain troll. I opened my eyes once again. Hesitantly, they flitted to the dead creature on the ground. Someone—the vampires, I suspected—had already completed their task. No doubt they would finish the event at any minute.

Confirming my beliefs, cheering arose from down the mountainside. A whistle pierced the air, and celebratory music began to play. Yep. The vampires had just finished the first event of the Spy Games.

I didn’t have time to dwell on that annoyance for much longer, because the next second, our troll made an appearance through the trees. He was bounding toward us, knocking over full-grown pines with a sweep of his arm as he went.

The creature was at least twenty-five feet tall, with a forehead like a Neanderthal’s, and lips that were puffy and red and covered in blood. I didn’t want to think about what the troll had been eating before they’d released him, although I was glad that he’d eaten something. Surely a troll that had just been fed would be less likely to want to chew on us, right? I hoped so, but truth be told, I didn’t know the slightest thing about trolls. They weren’t something that spies had to deal with—at least, I hadn’t thought they were.

Clearly, whoever designed the Spy Games believed differently.

“Anyone know of a spell to knock out a troll?” I hoped unconsciousness would be sufficient. As gross as the creature was, the idea of killing it for sport made my stomach roll.

“Coming up blank,” Sam said, her teeth chattering.

“Same,” Andre agreed.

Oh my God, what’s the use of having third-years with us if they don’t know everything?!

I turned to Diana, who had remained oddly silent, and saw she was gritting her teeth so hard that the blood vessels in the side of her face were popping. My eyes shot to her arm, and I gasped.

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