Chaos Covenant (Breath of Chaos Book 3) by Merry Ravenell
Author:Merry Ravenell [Ravenell, Merry]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: 9 Swords
Published: 2021-06-29T16:00:00+00:00
Chapter Twenty-Eight
Helena
Another day, another trek out to the fields of Lemuria. Weâd been practicing with the suit for a bit, and I was to the point where I could wear the damn thing and get swaddled for a few minutes before having a complete nope. It was terrifying and I hated it, but I could deal with a short while, especially since I got promptly rewarded and was highly incentivized.
âStill donât want to do this,â I whispered to myself. Spending another few days screaming in some unending nightmare of me falling through nothing while my mind got ripped into paradox-marbles was not how I liked to pass the time.
Auryn said, âYou donât have to. Iâll takeââ
âNo.â He was always trying to talk me out of it. I hid my annoyance. Iâd made it clear I was doing this, so I was doing it.
âThen think of it like the suit.â
Akoni gave me a dim look. âI do not like that suit.â
âEven though it gets you laid?â
âI do not need that suit to get laid.â
Despite my nerves, I cracked a smile. Akoni hated our games in the suit. He played along because it seemed to help me cope with being really uncomfortable and terrified and vulnerable, but the faster we got rid of that suit, the happier heâd be.
Auryn held my hand tightly, his thumb rubbing my knuckles. He wanted to tell me I didnât have to do this, and I could refuse, and heâd fly me right back to West.
I wanted to nope out, but I had to do it. There were almost eight billion people on Earth and a lot of dragons who needed me to do this. Iâd read the ruby drakeâs journals, and her guilt and anguish had been so intenseâand her stories of how the guilt had caused dragons to simply lay down and dieâstill lingered with me. And that cataclysm had been unavoidable. I couldnât bear the thought of what it was going to do to Lemuria to know this time it was their fault.
Iâd already lost Keon for it. I could see Kira withering away like a beautiful golden rose under the anguish.
Mahon said, âGet to it, chaos child.â
âLove you to, Mahon,â I said.
He smirked.
Dekka, serene, said, âJust try to shift forms. For a few seconds. Those seconds may feel like eternity, but donât try to breathe, donât fight it. Let go of the magic as soon as you have it.â
âItâs not the whole let go thatâs the problem,â I said.
âThen wait until you canât breathe,â Dekka said. âYouâll revert back to your human form. Just like if you were underwater your brain will force you to breathe.â
I took a breath and shook out my shoulders. Like what Petrarchyan said: I was Helena. I could be human and dragon. I just needed to not panic. Dragons did this all the time.
I focused on summoning the gossamer out of the nothing, pulling it inwards, like taking a deep breath. It was a little easier this time.
The ribbons tightened.
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