Cage of Fire (Parallel Magic Book 1) by Emma L. Adams

Author:Emma L. Adams [Adams, Emma L.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-07-20T16:00:00+00:00

11

Harper didn’t say another word to me for the rest of the evening. At the first opportunity, I brought out the transporter and used it to cross from the node into the city of Arcadia again, at which point I walked to the Withered Oak. I’d hoped to find Miles in there, but instead found myself face to face with the unfriendly owner.

“Hey,” I said, hitching on a smile. “Sorry to disturb you. I wondered if you’d seen—”

“That spirit mage friend of yours?” he said. “He won’t come back here, if he has any sense.”

“You claim to be a shelter for all mages,” I pointed out. “Does that include people who conspire with the Houses behind your backs?”

“We don’t ask questions.”

Arsehole. “I guess you don’t.”

That did it. I left the shelter and made for the Citadel of the Elements. Finding my way to the side door, I knocked.

A painful shock jolted through my knuckles, making the hairs on my arms stand on end.

“Dammit!” Shawn had barred the doors against me. I knocked, hammered my fists on the metal surface, but no luck. Cursing, my hands bruised, I marched back to the node before another pack of revenants came after me. I had a quick check of the tunnels, too, but Miles didn’t materialise. I wished I’d at least asked for directions to the Spirit Agents’ base back in Elysium. Then I’d be able to go there and check if they were on my side.

Miles can’t have betrayed me. Can he?

With no answers forthcoming, I returned to the Death King’s castle. I debated telling the Elemental Soldiers about Shawn’s plan to steal their master’s soul, but if I did, I’d end up worse than dead. They also knew of my friendship with Harper, which might lead to her getting kicked out herself. I couldn’t take that risk.

The rest of the evening dragged out, leaving me with entirely too much time to ponder how to stop Shawn and his friends from coming into the castle to steal the Death King’s soul. Did the Spirit Agents truly exist at all? I’d even told Liv about them, but I assumed she hadn’t pursued that line of questioning.

I slept badly that night, and I was still groggy and out of sorts the following morning when we headed to the arena for the next round of the contest.

“Today will be focused on magical combat,” the Air Element told us.

Easy enough, and duelling was a welcome distraction from the way I’d broken Harper’s trust in me. Since Shawn hadn’t given any details of his plans, I could hope that he and his allies didn’t endanger the other contenders’ lives. My best option was to keep my distance and let the Elemental Soldiers handle him. If they could.

As I’d expected, it was a lot harder for the Elemental Soldiers to keep the contenders under control with fireballs flying everywhere. Jets of flame shot across the arena, wrecking other people’s bouts as their clothing caught fire, while Liv wore

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