Chasing Magic by Jace Mitchell & Michael Anderle

Author:Jace Mitchell & Michael Anderle [Mitchell, Jace & Anderle, Michael]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: LMBPN Publishing
Published: 2018-12-18T07:00:00+00:00

Chapter Nine

“RILEY!”

William’s call ripped Riley from the darkness.

Her body reacted without her command. She had no idea where she was, but whirled onto her stomach and then leapt to her feet, sword in hand.

“DAMN IT, RILEY!” William swayed on his feet. “We got to train you better, skinny. You couldn’t handle that fuckin’ old man any better than a toddler could’ve.”

He put his hand to his head, giving her both a grimace and a smile.

Riley didn’t understand what was happening. She stood on the docks, but they were alone. No ships or people, just her and William.

She turned to the jungle.

There was no more jungle.

Only the ashes and red embers of burned trees and buildings.

“What the hell happened?” she whispered to herself.

William stumbled across the docks, his footsteps loud in the otherwise deafening silence.

“I just told ya what the hell happened,” he grumbled. “Ya lost another fight with him. I don’t know how you keep losin’… Ugh, my head.”

“Stop kidding around, William,” Riley snapped. “Where’s Mason? Where’s the ship? Where’s Rendal?”

“Slow down, girl.” William sat on the ground. “What do you remember?”

Riley blinked, looking at the destroyed world in front of her. The island was in shambles, the buildings little more than flaming sticks.

“The group,” Riley gasped, ignoring his question. “We’ve got to find out what happened to them.”

William groaned but put his hand on the ground and pushed himself back up. “What I remember is me trying to caution us against going on that ship, and you pushin’ the issue, so I’m blamin’ you for this damned headache.”

Riley rolled her eyes. “Later. We have to find Lucie and Worth. I don’t see anyone, do you?”

William peered into the burning jungle. “No. No one.”

Riley raced forward. Her head hurt horribly, but she had to see what had happened to her friends.

She moved much faster than when she’d come north last night because there was nothing in her way. William tried to keep up but fell farther behind.

Words from the night before came back to her slowly, floating through her head.

She tried to push them away.

Riley didn’t have Mason, and now she might not have the people that she’d come with. She might have lost everyone.

I’ll take everything from you until there is literally nothing left.

Fuck that, her mind responded, and she focused on the path in front of her, her feet beating the ground rapidly.

She reached the building. Fire burned across the outside, the exterior black with ash.

A dead tree lay leaned on the building.

William caught up, his breathing ragged. “Damn it, Riley. I wish you had fought this hard last night. Maybe none of this would have happened.”

She ignored the jab.

Riley heard and saw no one, simply witnessed the same destruction she’d seen on her way here.

The circular building’s front door opened and Riley drew her sword from its sheath.

Worth stumbled out, and if it weren’t for the chalice in his hand, Riley would have thought him injured.

That, and his purple lips.

“Twocuts. Great wine. Great, great wine.”

He smiled broadly.

“Father and Mother,” William swore.

Download

Copyright Disclaimer:
This site does not store any files on its server. We only index and link to content provided by other sites. Please contact the content providers to delete copyright contents if any and email us, we'll remove relevant links or contents immediately.