Alpha Goddess by Amalie Howard

Author:Amalie Howard
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.
Published: 2013-01-01T05:00:00+00:00

THE PLACE BETWEEN

Ser, just stay close, and everything will be fine. Hide in plain sight. It’s part of the plan.”

Sera pulled her sweatshirt hood over her head and tucked her hands under her backpack straps. She nodded dumbly to Kyle. Her mother had been summoned to an audience with the Trimurtas, no doubt to discuss what had happened to her in Xibalba and all that followed. Now that the second rune had awakened, she’d become a liability … unpredictable. Her eyes smarted and she squeezed them shut.

“Your dad called the Ne’feri and they’re all looking out. The Daeva, too. It’s only for one day. You’ll be fine.”

“I saw Beth just before,” she said. “I feel so conspicuous. They’re watching me.”

Kyle held her chin with his thumb and forefinger. “Sera, that’s their job. They are here to protect you.”

“They’re our age, Kyle. What do they know about anything?”

He stopped again to look at her. “They know a lot. You knew how to fight, with deifyre, didn’t you? Micah told me that knowledge is passed down through the ranks. It’s genetic or something.”

“How many are there?”

Kyle shrugged. “Your dad said there’s a couple kids, and I think he said the janitor too, but I wasn’t sure.”

“Great,” Sera sighed. “Two kids and a custodian to save us from certain death in hell.”

They reached the steps of the school and Kyle glanced at the paper in his hand where he’d written out their entire day. “So, Beth’s in the classroom next to us. We have calc and then geography. After that, we’ll navigate the cafeteria. Clear?”

Sera shot him a look. “Wait, I’m not sure what’s going to happen at zero eleven hundred hours.”

“This isn’t a game, Sera,” Kyle snapped. “Look at what happened with the portal. Your dad put your safety in my hands while your mom’s gone.”

“I’d be safer at home with him. You really think school is such a good idea?”

“Yes. More people. Azrath won’t risk drawing so much attention this early. And I’ll be with you all the time. So will a bunch of people we don’t even know.” He stuffed the piece of paper into his pocket. “Everything’s going to be fine. We just need to stick to the plan.”

“I can’t believe she took Nate with her,” Sera said sourly. “I’d prefer to go there than stay here.”

“I thought you said you didn’t want to go to Illysia under any circumstances.”

“I don’t. But I’d take that over school any day.”

Kyle gave her shoulder a sympathetic squeeze as they walked into calculus class. “If you stop being such a baby, maybe we can get through today.”

Sera glared at him, slamming her books down on a single desk at the front of the class and ignoring him pointedly. She stared blindly into her book as the teacher began to speak. Her palms itched under the extra-long cuffs of her sweatshirt. She ignored that too.

Sera knew exactly why she hadn’t been able to go with her mom and Nate. The Trimurtas were worried.

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