Areion by Lela Grayce

Author:Lela Grayce [Grayce, Lela]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fantasy, Young Adult
Amazon: B079XYQCLC
Goodreads: 35082827
Published: 2018-04-24T05:00:00+00:00

~ Ethaniel ~

I pace my study, from desk to balcony and back again. Agitation makes my feet stomp their path. I should have heard news from the soldiers I sent to Earth to intercept those twins by now. I don’t expect them to succeed, not with all the guardians who would surely be there protecting them, but I hope at least one of them dies. No matter, I’ll kill them all in due time and I will enjoy every second of it.

I’ll make them suffer, all of them. The rebels have been a thorn in my side for years. Every time I think I’ve stamped out these little pocket rebellions, more pop up, spreading out my soldiers. My forces are endless, but dealing with all their meddling grows tiresome. They are just biding their time until their prophesied twins return.

The twins had been hidden well, but I finally found them after years of fruitless searching and one close call, and they went running at the first sign of trouble. Cowards. These children have no hope of stopping me. They are no threat. I have darkness on my side, and darkness will always overtake the light, choking it out like a weed.

A knock echoes from across the room. “Enter!” I shout angrily.

“My Lord,” the Skotos soldier says, entering the room. “The retrieval team has failed.”

I turn to face the balcony and the open fields of the Areion kingdom that spread out before me. “I didn’t expect them to succeed.”

“My Lord?” the soldier queries.

“An attack on Earth to prevent them from returning to Gaai was expected, I’m sure, but I want them to return, to give hope to the rebels and the worlds before I crush them. Victory is always sweeter when given hope first,” I reply. The soldier remains silent while I contemplate my next move. “Send teams to the Es Ferrick and intercept them before they reach the Lerorean pass. And have them take an Okiax as well.”

“Yes, my Lord,” the Skotos says while bowing at the waist, its shadow body waving like fog blown by the wind. The soldier’s red eyes swivel in their chest sockets before it turns and leaves the room, closing the door behind it.

I stare at the wall for several minutes, lost in thought, then approach the wall. The wall moves aside with a sweep of my hand, revealing a staircase leading down into darkness. Torches affixed to the walls light themselves as I descend into the depths of the study I made out of the Areion archives. The study down here is more to my liking, dark and practical, with everything I need. Bottles of various liquids are arranged on shelves above a worn work table, gouged with deep cuts and scorched black spots. Behind the desk, against the opposite wall, rows of cages and cells in varying sizes are built into the stone wall. Most of the cells are empty, but the cages contain creatures that cower at my appearance and scurry to the corners furthest away.

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