Dragon Riders by Elle Casey

Author:Elle Casey [Casey, Elle]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: urban fantasy
Publisher: Elle Casey
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER NINETEEN

THE CLOSER WE got to Miami, the more my misgivings grew. It got to the point that I thought I was going to start hyperventilating, I was so freaked out. “Pull over,” I said to Brad, reaching out to grab his arm. My ears were hot, but at the same time, I was suffering cold sweats. My pulse was banging away in my veins.

He looked at me with concern as he hit his turn signal, slowly easing the car over to the shoulder of the highway. “What’s up?”

Tony leaned into the front seat. “You okay?”

I rubbed my temples. “I’m getting a headache, and I feel sick to my stomach. Feverish, too.” I battled to keep from panting like a dog.

“Are you getting the flu?” my BFF asked.

“Or is it a spell?” Brad asked.

I lifted my head to look at him, a light blub going on in my head. “It might be a spell.” Dammit! What kind of witch could cover an entire city with evil like that? Who has that much power?

“Did she have spells in the…hospital?” I heard Tony ask someone in the back seat.

“Tony, it’s not that kind of spell,” I said with a sigh. I felt defeated again, like I had in the mental ward, only this time it was almost worse. Ben was going to get to Jared long before we did, and it would give him plenty of time to poison the daemon’s thoughts toward me. And if I was effectively blocked from getting into Miami by a spell, I wouldn’t even get a chance to plead my case.

“Can’t you use that Green stuff to fix it?” Long asked.

Another light blub lit up in my aching brain. Thank goodness I have these friends with me or I’d be sunk, since my gray matter seems to have turned to mush. I took a deep breath and closed my eyes. “It’s worth a shot.” I connected with The Green and felt it humming along like it always did. There was a ton of energy there on the side of the busy highway, as millions of people, animals, insects, and local plant life all played their parts in a symphony whose structure was too complex to fully comprehend. Along with beautiful melodies and harmonies, there were wrong notes playing here and there—signifying people doing bad things to one another or to creatures who they were meant to care for—but even so, there was beautiful music playing in the streets of Miami. I allowed myself to appreciate it for about ten seconds before I got down to business.

Beautiful Green bubble shun, clear the spell that makes me numb, protect my friends and me from harm, bring me to the one I must charm. Within seconds, the pain receded from my head and my lungs instantly felt more elastic. I was able to breathe better, and my body seemed lighter. My body temperature returned to normal, and I no longer had the urge to barf. Relief flooded through me, replacing the last vestiges of awfulness with hope.

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