Conquering Fate by Jennifer Anne Davis

Author:Jennifer Anne Davis [Davis, Jennifer Anne]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Reign Publishing
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

18

We crawled into a small cave to rest for a couple of hours. Anders pulled several vines down over the entrance so no one passing by would see us.

“Do you remember when we first met?” I asked him. “And the cave we slept in that night?”

“At the time, I couldn’t fathom you being a Kriger,” he admitted, sitting next to me.

We didn’t have bedrolls or blankets. I reached up to touch the medallion and remembered it wasn’t there. Vidar had it along with the other pieces of the sapphire.

“What’s the matter?” Anders asked.

“Without the medallion, Morlet will be able to sense me.” And communicate with me when I fell asleep.

Anders stretched out on his back. “I’ll do everything in my power to protect you. I promise.”

My connection to Morlet had been growing stronger and stronger since the day I met him. Then, when the magic of the world started calling to the two of us, I felt the bond strengthen even more. Once we married, the link between us solidified. If I closed my eyes and concentrated, I could pinpoint where he was at this very moment. That was probably how the soldats found us—when I removed the medallion, Morlet sought me out with his magic. I should have been more careful. I should have known better.

“Try to get a few hours of sleep,” Anders said. “We’re supposed to meet up with everyone in a couple of days.”

I laid down and fell fast asleep. Images of drowning in water, of being lost in a torrential downpour, and falling into an underground cavern flashed in my dream. I startled awake, sweaty, breathing heavily, and feeling off-kilter. Anders was asleep next to me. It must have been a nightmare, nothing more.

I rolled onto my side. The rising sun cast thin beams of light through the vines hanging over the exit, illuminating the cave in a soft glow. I breathed in the rich scent of damp dirt and pungent pine.

A twig snapped. I bolted upright. Was someone out there? Without thinking, I sent my power to the surrounding area looking for potential threats. I didn’t detect anything. I withdrew my power. It must have been an animal. Lying back down, I closed my eyes, wanting to sleep a little bit longer.

Frantic voices whispered all around me in the cave. I glanced at Anders. He remained sound asleep. The voices intensified. My hands throbbed with pain. I needed to shield myself from whatever this was.

Morlet’s voice screamed in my mind. “Kaia, don’t!”

The feeling of acute danger overwhelmed me, and I wrapped a shield around my body. The shield pulsed, making me nauseous. Voices echoed in the cave, excited and joyful. The hairs on my arms rose. Something was wrong. Maybe using my power brought this on. I dropped my shield and an invisible force slammed into my body, pulling me flat against the ground, sucking me into the world. I tried to call for help, but my voice didn’t work. A sphere of blue light appeared before me, movement swirling inside of it.

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