Band of Breakers: Dragons Rising Book Two: An Epic Fantasy by Alisha Klapheke

Author:Alisha Klapheke [Klapheke, Alisha]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-07-18T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Thirteen

Vahly, Arc, and Nix slipped away from the rogues and into the darkness.

The rise of dirt covering the rogue whom the others had called Fedon looked disturbingly similar to the mounds in which Mattin, former King of the Elves, had buried Dramour, Ibai, and Kemen, as well as Arc’s friends, Rigel’s son Pegasi, the ancient mother Vega, and the warrior Leporis.

Nix’s amethyst-sapphire wings shivered in the moonlight. “If we can shift his grave closer to that old rockfall there, that would at least get him off the main game trail.”

Vahly wiped beads of sweat from her upper lip. After eating and refraining from doing magic all evening, she did feel stronger. But not nearly as powerful as she had when she’d attacked Fedon. “I’ll try to move the earth around him. You two might be forced to cart me back to camp though. I’m about done in.”

Arc rubbed his hands together in excited alchemist mode. She couldn’t help but grin despite the situation at hand.

“Do you mind if I combine my magic with yours,” he said, “and see if we can create a fresh fall of rock to mask the body?”

Nix looked over her wings, back toward the rogues. “Don’t make too much noise or bring the mountain down on us all.”

“I’m definitely not up to doing much.” Vahly pressed her palms into the earthen tomb. The cool dirt was heaped head-high. This would be no easy task.

“You two will eventually shake the earth. I can tell that much,” Nix said, throwing a wry grin at Arc.

Not making eye contact, Arc smiled—a private sort of grin that stirred a heat inside Vahly and made her wonder what he was imagining. If they hadn’t been standing in the spot where she had been forced to kill a dragon, she would’ve raised an eyebrow and given him a line or two about what she thought. But sadly, it was quiet here, the air heavy with their knowledge of how much blood would have to be spilled in the coming days.

Arc looked down at his hands to weave golden strands of magic around his long fingers and double-jointed thumbs. Air magic lifted the ends of his hair, and the sound of wind rustling leaves grew loud even though there weren’t many trees around. It was as if the Forest of Illumahrah whispered across the clearing in response to one of its royal masters.

Vahly forced all her energy into the Blackwater mark on her forehead and the drumming inside her palms.

Move, she ordered the earth.

The magic flowed from her in quiet, thundering waves, then combined with the sparkling breeze of Arc’s power. With a rumble, the earth shifted the buried dragon and mounded against a tumble of large stones near the rock wall of the clearing.

Nix flew to the top of the rock wall and pointed to a spot. The moon glowed through her semi-transparent wings as she hovered, her flame-bright eyes blinking and her clothing fluttering in the wind that Arc’s magic wrought.

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