Brought to Light: An MM Urban Fantasy Romance by Eliot Grayson

Author:Eliot Grayson [Grayson, Eliot]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Smoking Teacup Books
Published: 2023-05-14T16:00:00+00:00

Callum

I couldn’t see Oskar ahead of me, but I didn’t need to. All my instincts were on full alert, and we weren’t alone in these woods. I’d heard something too. A faint jingle and the stamp of feet.

The others hadn’t been able to tell me precisely when we’d leave the dodgy protection of the forest’s ‘ancient name,’ whatever the fuck that meant—at least in terms of miles, though they’d mentioned some landmarks that also meant nothing to me. Despite my skepticism, though, I’d felt a difference a few miles back.

The air had changed. That was the best way I could describe it, and it made me really fucking uncomfortable to acknowledge that what I’d felt was magic.

So I knew that if we were going to get ambushed, it’d be somewhere here. They could figure out as well as we could how long it’d take to walk to Linden’s home, and set up somewhere we’d be passing at night, when we were already tired, and outside the other forest’s invisible boundary.

A moment later, I didn’t even need to try to follow Oskar’s trail. A shout rang out, followed by the clash of metal on metal. I already had the Beretta in my hand, and I cocked it as I ran, hoping Linden and Kaspar had the sense to say out of it.

The trees thinned, and through them I caught a glimpse of a clearing full of sword-wielding men bathed in moonlight, a cluster of horses at the other side, and Oskar’s bulky figure whirling in the middle of it. His sword reflected the moon like a mirror, throwing sparks of white in all directions. More shouts filled the air, and a cry of pain as Oskar’s sword found a target. The soldiers swarming around Oskar wore black leather armor, but the metal studs in the leather caught the moonlight and made them easy fucking targets. It could be a challenge in combat sometimes to only hit the enemy, but in this case, I only had one friendly to miss. The silver lining to being outnumbered as fuck—twelve to two as far as I could tell.

I ducked behind a fallen trunk, getting a little bit of cover just in case they had any ranged weapons, and took aim at the asshole right behind Oskar, dead center of mass. A head shot would’ve been better; at this range studded boiled leather might slow down an FMJ round enough to matter. And as soon as I fired, they’d know they had company and be on me like they were on Oskar…not to mention, I didn’t have unlimited ammo. But in uncertain lighting and at this range, I didn’t have much choice, either.

The fucker paused in place, raising his sword, and I paused too, wishing I had my M24. But when I pulled the trigger, the bullet hit dead on, and he stumbled and went down. Half the men in the clearing spun to stare, crying out in a language I didn’t understand—but I didn’t need to.

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