Divinely Trained: Ancients by Maggie Havoc

Author:Maggie Havoc [Havoc, Maggie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9798987393437
Publisher: Raptpress
Published: 2023-05-13T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 30

The Whisp floated to the boundary of the Namu Forest. It hovered close to the ground, waiting. Its glow was bright, especially bright considering it was daylight. As his heart pumped erratically, he nudged Ellie with his boot, startling her awake.

“What?” she groaned.

“I want you to see something. It is a Whisp. Very few of us ever see a Whisp in our lives.”

Jermia had to work at remaining calm; the event was extraordinary indeed. Craning her head around, she blinked several times, her eyes focusing on the glowing sphere, which was about the size of a man’s hand. She bolted to her feet, startling the whisp as it retreated.

“Don’t make sudden movements. You will scare it.” Jermia had never seen one, but this is what he had heard from the few people he had met in his life that had seen the magical little orb.

“What’s a whisp?” Ellie breathed.

“It depends on who you ask. The elves believe them to be a sentient that grants wishes if you can catch them.”

“What do you think it is?”

Jermia glanced back at the whisp. “I don’t know, but we are very fortunate to see one.”

The whisp hovered above the ground about fifteen feet in front of her. It was almost within her grasp.

“Shall I try to catch it?” she asked.

“Not if it means you must step beyond the forest boundary. And you are at the edge now.”

The whisp hovered as she closed the distance. She was now ten feet from it. “This is strange; do you feel the ground?” she whispered.

Jermia stood slowly, the dirt vibrating beneath his feet. Only one thing could make the ground hum like that. “Yes, come back here, Ellie.”

He wasn’t sure she had even heard him. Caught up in the moment of catching the elusive whisp, she bolted into the forest after it. Jermia thrust himself after her. If truth be told, he hadn’t moved as quickly as he could have. He had wanted with every part of his being for Ellie to catch the possible once-in-a-lifetime orb that harbored a wish.

As Ellie reached for the whisp, her fingertips grazing the sphere, a calamitous thunder of hooves exploded out of the forest. A rush of primal instinct had him stepping in front of Ellie and pulling her behind him at a speed that could have left her incapacitated. Arrows shot through the air as Jermia pulled his sword in a complete one-hundred-and-eighty-degree arc, deflecting a score of arrows intended for his chest.

The very air in front of him lit with holy fury as Michael dropped in front of him. A moment later, Riden landed next to Michael with a battle cry that was sure to summon half of the brothers to their location. Jermia’s hand snaked behind him, pressing Ellie tight into his back.

Supernatural hearing had him keenly tuned into an almighty roar from a woman, the sound of which was almost as impressive as Riden’s. The figure had yet to appear, but her galloping steed was making headway as it launched out of the forest thicket.

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