A Shade of Vampire 77: A Fate of Time by Bella Forrest

Author:Bella Forrest [Forrest, Bella]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Nightlight Press
Published: 2019-06-16T18:30:00+00:00

Taeral

The Hermessi seemed as though they'd been frozen in time. Only the flames of their energy bodies moved, burning and heating everything around them. Phantom, Soul, and Widow were speechless. The ghouls could be seen, too, silent and staring, much like Kelara, Seeley, Dream, Nightmare, and a very confused Time Master.

Raphael had reached Amelia, keeping her close. His wings were spread and his fists were on fire, ready to hit back at any of the Hermessi coming their way. Lumi helped Nethissis, Varga, and Eva back to consciousness with a combination of swamp witch magic and whatever was left of our healing potions. Riza and Herakles gawked at me, smiles drawn widely across their faces. Eira was still, much like Kabbah, both of them glowing blue and green, respectively, and panting. Something had changed about Eira—not that it was the first time she'd transcended her nature as a Hermessi child. She'd taken a step deeper into elemental territory, that much I could tell from her appearance and the stern look on her face.

I, on the other hand, wanted to speak or do something, but nothing came to mind. The ghoul that Brendel had tormented was alive, but its once-translucent skin was charred and crusty. It didn't move, but I could see its chest swelling with each ragged breath.

Perhaps the most important part of this picture was that Brendel was no more.

After everything she'd put us through, I'd finally gotten to her. The ground was no longer shaking. The night sky was clearing up. The winds had stopped raging. It was as if the entire battle had been canceled, now that the leader of the enemy forces had been killed.

Thieron was still humming softly in my hand. Whatever sentient force ran through it, I figured it was overjoyed at paying Brendel back for her thievery.

"What will you do now, brothers?" Kabbah shouted at the other Hermessi. "You've seen what the boy can do. Will you stand in his way?"

One of the Water Hermessi burned brighter and bluer than the others, as if summoning our attention to him. "It's too late," he said. "The ritual is about to unravel. Our job here is done."

"Huh?" I mumbled. Was it over that quickly for the Hermessi?

Without another word, they moved back and took flight, shifting into colorful fireballs as they zoomed away and vanished into the night sky. All of a sudden, there was silence on the battered mountain peak, and we were baffled.

"We still have to find Death," Eira said to me. "Brendel is gone, but the ritual is a mechanism of its own. We all knew that the moment we first crossed paths with her."

"That being said, well done, Tae!" Raphael exclaimed, beaming at me.

"Yeah, we were all getting tired of that maniac," Amelia added.

I pointed a finger at her. "Maybe next time try something less suicidal. You could've gotten yourself killed."

"You needed help. I helped," Amelia ended the conversation right there. Raphael opened his mouth to object, but she shot him

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