Dark Faerie (Alfheim Academy by S.T. Bende

Author:S.T. Bende [Bende, S.T.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: S.T. Bende

Chapter 11

“THE REST OF MY . . .” Shock coated Viggo’s normally even-keeled features. We trailed behind Rafe, whose still-glittering wings fluttered in the afternoon breeze.

“Did you know about them?” I whispered as we walked.

“No. My dad told me he had a brother, but since we lived on Svartalfheim most of my life, I never met him. And my mom’s parents were killed in the line of duty. They were warriors, too.”

“I’m sorry,” I murmured. We’d cleared the meadow, and now stood in front of the massive cliffs.

“Yeah, me too. I wish I could have met them—Mom said they were something else.” Viggo shook his head.

Rafe slipped into an opening between the rocks, and motioned for us to follow him. Viggo wrapped his fingers around mine and took the lead.

The entrance to the cave was dark and narrow, jagged rock formations stretching from the dirt a good twenty feet overhead. I kept my attention on my footing, careful not to trip over the small stones that littered the ground. I was so focused on not falling that I didn’t look up until we’d made it through the entryway . . . where a vast cavern now stretched before us.

“Holy skit,” Viggo swore.

I sucked in a breath as I stared at the massive space. It easily stretched the length of two football fields, and was filled with every conceivable arrangement for socializing. Children played games on carpeted squares framed by love seats, and adults chatted and ate around a table-lined buffet. At the far end of the space, a massive patch of grass hosted a mixed-age group playing what appeared to be a rugby game

How did all of this fit inside a cave?

I angled my head back and tried not to gape. The room extended a full hundred feet in height, with sconces providing up-lighting on the walls, and fairy lights strung artfully across the ceiling. How could anyone hang lights that high? My eyes caught on the sea of wings fluttering in front of me, and I had to laugh at myself. Obviously, one of the hundred älva in the room had flown them there.

Hold on. A hundred? And this is just part of the settlement?

“When you said family, I thought you meant a wife, maybe a couple of kids.” Viggo’s head swiveled from left to right. “But this is a small village.”

“This cave houses half of the Northern Faerie Corps—a collection of älva who banded together in the wake of the cullings.” Rafe gestured around the cavern. “We refused to subject our families to the government camps, so we came here and created our own colonies. There’s another one farther north, and two in the south.”

“That must mean there are hundreds of älva in Alfheim.” I shook my head. “I thought there were only a few of us.”

“Wow.” Viggo’s mouth hadn’t fully closed since we’d arrived. “I had no idea.”

“Then we’ve done our job.” Rafe rested one hand on the hilt of his sword. “We didn’t know if, or when, the government would stop abusing us for our powers.

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