Angel of Darkness Books 1-5 Collection by MacKenzie Morris

Author:MacKenzie Morris
Language: eng
Format: azw3, epub
Tags: Coming of Age, Fantasy, Young Adult, Sword & Sorcery, Fiction
ISBN: 9781511695787
Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Published: 2015-04-29T23:00:00+00:00

Chapter 10

Gavin loved parties. He especially loved parties where he could wear his mask and not feel out of place. As he rode on the back of his trusty gryphon towards Ilyan, he leaned back in the saddle and took out a small compact mirror to check his appearance one last time. His normally orange eyes were bright blue, his skin was a pinker hue, and his hair was blond instead of red. His pointed teeth had been magically altered to be like a human's, his claws were short like fingernails, and he was even able to mimic the large circular scars on the palms of his hands. Gavin looked as close to Jaylen as he could look. Even though he changed his entire body to pass as Jaylen, Gavin still wore his mask. It was a masquerade, after all.

The snow-speckled fields that passed below him would have normally been thawed by now in the summer sun, but without the sun to heat the world, only the mage-glow kept the world hospitable. Gavin had to figure out what exactly was going on with the clergy and Sola. More importantly, he had to find out why King Talyn claimed not to know anything about Jaylen's being sold into slavery or the soul purge exorcism. The pieces weren't fitting together.

Once he reached the outer walls around the city, Gavin slid off of the gryphon's back and dug in the saddle bag for a whole coconut. He went around to face the creature. As he petted the gryphon's beak, he fed it the coconut. "Good boy, Gavy! Who loves you? Daddy Gavin loves you. Yes I do! You're a good little gryphon, yes you are."

Gavy let out a pleasured purring sound as he lifted his wings and rubbed his beak against Gavin's chest.

"I have to go now, okay? You stay here and get some sleep. I'll be back later." Gavin smoothed his yellow velvet tunic with the silver wings on the front, the same kind that Jaylen wore as a paladin. It felt so weird to be dressed like a paladin. If he didn't know any better, he would have thought the holy garments were burning his skin. Though that was probably just his imagination.

Gavin walked through the front gates of the city without issue. The guards even bowed to him. So, it seemed that flaunting yourself around like an arrogant gift to humanity was enough. Silly paladins. As he continued down the busy streets, people stopped and stared. Some of them bowed. A group of marching paladins in all red passed him, some of them sending dark glares his way. Red paladins? None of them were wearing the traditional pale yellow. Gavin felt suddenly out of place.

Turning down the side street towards the castle, the crowds were more dispersed and then the street was empty. He sniffed the air, sensing something musky and dark. Stephan.

Strong hands shoved Gavin back against the grey stone wall. Orange eyes glowed in the darkness. "Hello, darling."

Gavin tried to squirm away from the demonic claws that pierced his shoulders.

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