Currents of Silver: Alliance of Silver and Steam Book 5 by Lexi Ostrow

Author:Lexi Ostrow [Ostrow, Lexi]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Colliding Worlds Press
Published: 2017-04-27T05:00:00+00:00

Twelve

Hugo hadn’t eaten in two days, since the incident, and his stomach lurched, both from nerves and hunger. Allowing his gaze to wander around the banquet hall he forced himself to remain calm. Men and woman of the Alliance of Silver and Steam sat, slept, and gathered in groups. Hunters and inventors had no divide inside the only space Jacob could put together from them. Hushed voices no doubt spoke of his failure and the destruction it caused.

“Hugo?” Clara asked, touching her hand to his shoulder.

The familiar burst of lust awakened at her touch, but he forced it aside. Had he not been so intent on creating a gift to show her he was ready for such a strong connection, he never would have pushed so hard.

Bullshite. You did this for you, to prove to yourself that you were every bit as good as Nikola Tesla and Thomas Edison.

Turning, he saw the lines of distress on her face, the tired expression in her eyes and he knew she was as consumed by guilt as he was.

“Yes?”

Warmth caressed his face as she blew out a deep breath. “We have a summons. In a quarter of an hour.” She handed him a small piece of paper. “We are to go before the council to face judgment for what we caused.”

Looking around the room, at the remnants of the London sector of the Alliance, he knew that punishment would be as severe as the crime. The guild had been destroyed as had three other buildings on that night. Thanks to Seraphina’s quick warning, no Clockwork or Alliance member had lost their life—the same could not be said for others. McKenna had informed them the death toll had been near one hundred innocent men and women. People who died because he’d allowed an experiment to grow far beyond his control. Lives he would forever carry in his heart as a reminder of the destruction hubris wrought.

Three buildings were destroyed. All the demons they’d held within the cells in the lowest level of the Alliance had perished when Dieargog burst forth from the earth. Illusion Demons had secured the area, projecting nothing more than rubble as the Angels had worked tirelessly to remove the bodies of the dead and any tech that marked the guild as more than it was.

Whispers of a dragon had surfaced on the first morning, spreading through London as rapidly as a plague. The Angels had been dispatched, sent to wipe the minds of any humans who spoke of the demon. Last he’d heard, they’d had to cleanse thirty and five humans of their memories. Jacob had ushered only the Alliance members into the palace. One hundred and eleven people slept, ate, and planned inside the grand banquet hall, unsure of if there would ever be another locale they could consider home.

Christmas had come and gone, uncelebrated and ignored as they’d worked to recover what equipment they could. Hundreds of power crystals had been crushed, leaving Eliza scrambling to attempt melting them together for use—an attempt that thankfully did not fail.

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