Bound by Prophecy (Bound Series Book 3) by Smith Stormy

Author:Smith, Stormy [Smith, Stormy]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Perfect Storm Publishing, LLC
Published: 2015-11-11T23:00:00+00:00

Aidan must have gotten a similar speech because as we stood, he looked over at me sheepishly.

“I’m sorry, Aidan. I don’t understand what’s getting me so riled up, but you’re right. Neither of us can do this alone. More than that, I want it to be you beside me,” I apologized, holding out my hand. He took it and brought it to his lips, then we fell in line behind the Danes.

As we came over the hill, the first homes appeared. Or, more accurately, the burnt and broken shells of what used to be homes. Aidan took my hand as my eyes filled with tears. We followed Charlie and Onyx through the wreckage, stepping over the remains of lives forever changed by Julia and her Hunters. Not only was seeing the homes around me jarring, it was like falling back in time. While Julia’s wrath had begun only thirty years ago, the Immortals had lived separately from humans and hadn’t been so quick to adopt our modern architecture.

The homes had been made of some type of clay mixture with stone foundations. Thick chunks of wall remained on some and the wood frames of doors and windows still stood on others. Thirty years of weather had degraded the homes even further — each one a handful of broken bones no longer making the full skeleton of a village.

Charlie and Onyx picked their way through the piles of wood and decrepit belongings, turning back every so often to make sure Aidan and I continued to follow. After Charlie’s scolding, I kept my distance. Each time he looked at me, I felt like I had let him down. When Charlie and Onyx moved off of us, Aidan and I hadn’t argued anymore. Instead, we helped each other up and agreed to focus on what was in front of us, together.

Unease lumped in my stomach, a ball growing with each step we took. I felt nauseous and weak. Aidan reached for me and as soon as he wrapped my hand in his, I felt the influx of power push me closer to normal.

I gave him a grateful smile and we continued. It was roughly a mile through the village. The homes had been on the outskirts in a lower, flatter area. As we climbed uphill, we found more defined streets, what had been shops and clearly the city center. We hiked up the side of the mountain, curving around and between the buildings until finally coming to a massive gate. The stone wall around it reached into the sky, seemingly ending amidst the clouds.

The dogs stood on either side of the wooden gate and stared at us. Aidan looked at me, and asked, “Do they think we know how to get in there?”

“Apparently,” I said, cocking my head and moving closer. The wood was old and splintered, beaten by weather and wind. The large metal rings toward the center were as big as beach balls and appeared to weigh hundreds of pounds.

I turned to the dogs.

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