Dark Frost: A Mythos Academy Novel by Estep Jennifer

Author:Estep, Jennifer [Estep, Jennifer]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: Kensington Publishing Corp
Published: 2012-05-28T16:00:00+00:00

Before I could move, before I could react, before I could even scream, the Reaper girl stepped forward and punched me in the face. I staggered back and fell to the stone floor, but the Reaper girl didn’t stop there. She kicked me in the ribs, and I let out a moan and rolled away from her. Still, despite the pain, I couldn’t help wondering how she had gotten down here in the first place past all the doors and locks.

“Forget about her!” Preston screamed from across the room. “Get me out of these chains! Quick! Before Metis comes back!”

The Reaper girl vaulted over me and darted over to the table where Preston was chained. She wore the same black robe and rubber Loki mask that she’d had on during the coliseum attack. I didn’t know where she’d gotten it from, but the Reaper girl pulled out a key from the folds of her robe and started fiddling with the lock on Preston’s chains. A second later, the lock snapped open—and I knew that I was in big, big trouble.

I scrambled to my feet and lurched over to Raven’s desk. The Reaper girl saw what I was doing and raced back over to me just as I drew Vic out of my bag and yanked the sword from his leather scabbard. I always brought Vic with me whenever I came to the prison, since he made me feel a smidge safer. The Reaper girl responded by drawing her own sword from underneath the billowing folds of her black robe.

“Lucretia!” Vic hissed at the sight of the other sword.

Lucretia’s burning red eye narrowed with hate. “Vic!” she snarled right back.

That was all they had time to say before the fight started.

Slash-slash-clang!

My sword locked with the Reaper girl’s, the blades throwing red and purple sparks everywhere as the two weapons shouted taunts and insults at each other.

“Butter knife!” Lucretia crowed.

“Rusty spoon!” Vic snapped.

I tuned out the swords’ chatter and focused on the Reaper girl, trying to anticipate what she would do next, how she would attack me. Behind me, metal clanked and rattled as one by one, Preston opened the locks on his chains—and then he was free.

Out of the corner of my eye, I saw Preston head toward me, his hands curled into fists and a murderous look on his handsome face. His eyes were glowing even brighter now—that bloody, eerie Reaper red.

I lashed out with my sword, making the Reaper girl momentarily retreat, and then turned, so that my back was to one of the glass cells. I wouldn’t last a minute if I let the Reaper girl and Preston attack me from two sides at once. Logan had taught me that. My heart squeezed in on itself. Logan. I wished he was here right now. The Spartan would know what to do—he’d know exactly how to defeat the Reapers. I’d be lucky if I survived another minute.

Instead of launching himself at me like I expected him to, Preston stopped short and glared at me.

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