A Shade of Vampire 70: A Breed of Elements by Forrest Bella

Author:Forrest, Bella
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Nightlight Press
Published: 2019-01-10T16:00:00+00:00

Amelia

Inalia’s eyes popped open. She wheezed as she took in a lungful of air.

Taeral was quick to react, gently holding her in his arms as she breathed in and out. It took her a minute or two to recover. Eira was still shaken by her own experience with Acquis possessing her. It was clear, by the looks on both their faces, that they’d never had such encounters with the Hermessi before. Who could blame them? Up until maybe two years ago, or less, we Shadians hadn’t even known there was such a thing as a Hermessi to begin with—let alone been able to communicate with one. Cerix did have a Hermessi cult going, so they at least knew about these entities, but I doubted they were aware of the extent of their influence and power, once awakened.

And Cerix was nowhere near as experienced with the weird and the supernatural as we were; though technically speaking, they, too, were part of the weird and supernatural from our perspective. Their Hermessi cult had practically died out until recently. We were to blame for its resurrection, in the end. The Blackout that fully reactivated the natural elements was on us. Eira and Inalia were innocent, and the best we could do right now was make sure they were safe. They hadn’t chosen to be who they were.

“How are you feeling?” Taeral asked Inalia, who was no longer shivering and gasping as if she’d just been brought back from the dead.

“Inalia? Are you okay?” Eira asked.

Inalia nodded slowly. “Yeah… That was weird. No, wait, weird doesn’t even begin to cover it.”

“Pfft, tell me about it,” Eira murmured.

“What’s up with you?” Inalia replied, finally noticing Eira’s flustered and sweaty sheen.

“Oh, we were quite entertained while you were out,” Raphael said, slightly amused. “Talk to us, Inalia, what happened?”

Inalia blinked several times. “I met Brann. My dad. We’ve got the whole story wrong.” She sighed, then told us every single detail of that conversation. The more she spoke, the clearer the picture became for me. I flipped through various files on my tablet while I listened to her account. Dots were connected, now—dots I hadn’t even noticed until now.

“It makes so much sense,” I concluded. “It explains why Myris Fenn and the other fire fae were arguing with… well, we thought they were talking to themselves. They weren’t. They were talking to Brann. Brann was trying to get them to quit what they were doing, and, with no other choice left, he just flooded them with fire until they exploded prematurely.”

“He did feel terrible about the loss of life,” Inalia added. “I could sense his grief.”

“They were already radicalized, then,” Taeral breathed, his eyes wide. “Members of the Fire Star’s Royal Guard were deep in the rabbit hole by the time Brann blew them up. They were planning some truly atrocious acts, it seems.”

“So, let me get this straight,” Eira said. “These death cults are looking to reach a certain number, then get themselves powered by

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