Dragon's Storm (Legion of Angels Book 4) by Ella Summers

Author:Ella Summers [Summers, Ella]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Night Spark Media
Published: 2017-04-04T18:30:00+00:00

13

Charging Into Oblivion

That night, I dreamt I was once again drowning in lava. The lava hardened and froze around me like a shell, lodging me in solid rock from the waist down. I looked up to find Nero standing over me. He reached his hand toward me.

I woke up before I’d decided if I was going to take it.

Yeah, I knew what that all meant. It meant I still didn’t know what to do about Nero. I could have at least dreamt a little longer to learn what my mind wanted. But I’d woken up instead.

Better yet, it was Nero who’d awakened me. He stood over my bed just as he’d stood over me in that volcano. Maybe the universe was trying to send me a sign. But if so, what kind of sign? I sure as hell didn’t know.

I sat up, pushing the hair out of my face. “How did you get in here?”

“Put on some clothes, Pandora,” he said, then opened the door and left my room. I thought I caught a hint of humor in his eyes.

He’d probably gotten in here by overriding the magic lock on my door, I decided as I pulled my clothes out of the closet. We were headed for the Fire Mountains today, so I opted for my hot weather set: the tank top, shorts, and trekking boots. I splashed my face with cold water, braided my hair, then headed out.

The castle was still asleep—and so was the sun. I moved quickly and quietly through the halls. Nero was waiting for me just outside the castle gate.

“Did anyone see you?” he asked.

“A few of the castle guards tried to get the jump on me, but I was too fast for them. I left them tied up in the linen closet,” I drawled.

“Very funny.”

“They didn’t think so.” I dropped my voice to a whisper. “Are we doing something we shouldn’t?”

“No, but due to the sensitive nature of this mission, it’s best to be discreet.”

“I can do that.”

“Basanti will tell anyone who asks that I took you out onto the Elemental Expanse for extra training,” Nero said.

Everyone would believe that too, especially after my epic failure on the obstacle course yesterday.

“Let’s go.” He walked to the edge of the mountain. “The sun will soon rise.”

“You aren’t flying?” I asked as he began to climb down the cliff alongside me.

“You can’t fly.”

“I know. I just figured you would fly down and stand there, watching me in judgmental silence.”

“Do you want me to do that?” he asked.

“No.” I had a thought. “Is this all part of your new training?”

I could tell he’d been doing a lot more physical training lately. The question was why. Level ten was a test of magic, not physical strength.

“Worry about your own training,” he said when my foot almost slipped.

I concentrated my efforts on climbing—and not falling. “This would have been easier with climbing gear,” I muttered to myself.

Of course he heard me. “That would be cheating,” he said.

“I knew you were going to say that.

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