Alchemist Academy: Book 4 by Ryan Matt

Author:Ryan, Matt [Ryan, Matt]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Published: 2017-07-17T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Thirteen

Everything slowed down, and the sounds of the room became a dull hum. The smoke swirled around me as I moved through it. I knew this experience from Quinn. He had hit me with a stone that put me in this same kind of state.

“Mark?”

I crawled to where he’d last been. The thick smoke obscured him, but then I spotted his hand. When I got closer, I could make out his features. His eyes were closed, but his hand was warm. He’d be fine.

I stood up enough to look over the table, only to find Alya standing a few feet away. She held a portal stone, and I was sure it was for me. Where would she be sending me? Probably right to my mother.

Not knowing how long this was going to last, I moved to Alya and took the portal stone from her, along with the other one she had in her pocket. Then I pulled her and the two men, shoving their hands into the foam.

I searched out the room for the stone materials I wanted and found them. I lined up several bowls with the ingredients in them, ready to mix.

Then I waited for the time to return. I sat next to Mark, holding his head in my lap, surrounded by bowls.

The sounds crashed into me and the world shifted back to regular speed. I took a deep gasp at the shock of it striking me and struggled to gain my breath as if someone had been choking me the whole time.

“Allie?” Mark whispered.

The smoke burned my eyes and filled them with tears. “You okay?”

“I don’t know.” He sat up and rubbed his head. “I think I’m alright.”

I hugged him.

“Allie, what did you do?” Mark asked.

I looked out at the people struggling to get their arms out of the stick foam. It was elbow-deep on one of them.

“Oh, crap,” I said and rushed to the first mixing bowl. A gelatin mix, with some boosted tar, then topped with a hardener. The mixture came together easily and the stone clunked around at the bottom of the bowl.

I grabbed the stone and threw it right into the heart of the foam filling half the room now. It struck the mixture and sank into it. After a few seconds, I wasn’t sure if it was going to work but then the foam darkened and formed a solid crust over the top.

“What have you done?” Alya said. “How did you move like that?”

“She’s Allie Norton,” Jackie said, emerging from the smoke. “You don’t freaking mess with her, unless you want shit to rain upon your heads.” She squinted and shook her head. “Sorry, that sounded better in my head.”

“Listen,” Alya said. “We were just trying to protect our land. If we had a person like you to give to the queen, we could barter for safe harbor. People keep disappearing, and we know it’s your mom’s doing.”

I ignored Alya and moved to making the next stone. This next one didn’t give me pleasure, but it had to be done.

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