Etheria (The Halo Series Book 1) by Melody Robinette

Author:Melody Robinette [Robinette, Melody]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Published: 2017-06-27T05:00:00+00:00

Gray and Sev grabbed a couple of chocolate chip muffins and perfectly ripe bananas off the seemingly endless breakfast buffet before making their way up to the top deck. When the elevator doors slid open, the pair of them stopped in their tracks.

The carnival-like attractions had vanished. No Ferris wheel, no carousel, no chocolate fountain. Even the pools had been sealed and covered with solid flooring. Left behind was a flat expanse covered with open tents containing what looked like weapons stations, metallic rock walls, and expansive trampolines. Gray hoped, for Aurora’s sake, they’d left the wooden swing set standing at the back of the ship.

“Can you believe this shit?” Chord muttered as Gray and Sev approached him and Aurora. “They tell us we’re Halos and then we magically can’t have fun anymore.”

“What is all this?” Gray asked, indicating the tents.

Aurora stood with her arms folded across her chest. “It would appear they will be teaching us how to fight demons,” she said with mild amusement.

“Where’s Brielle?” Gray asked, more to see Aurora’s reaction than anything.

He wasn’t disappointed. Aurora rolled her eyes and inclined her head, looking to the left. “Over there” She snorted. “Stretching.”

Gray glanced sideways and, sure enough, spotted Brielle with her leg hiked up on the ship railing, toe pointed, and arms extended towards her ankle like she was getting ready for a ballet performance.

Chord chuckled. “Wouldn’t want an angel to pull a hamstring while fighting off demons and shit.”

“Morning, Halos,” a voice said. Samuel stood behind Aurora, who jumped slightly before fixing him with an annoyed look. “Ready to see what you’re made of?”

“Fabulousness and glitter?” Chord offered, forcing the scowl from Aurora’s face and making her laugh, which made Gray inexplicably jealous. Chord went on, “At least I know that’s what I’m made of.”

Brielle bounced up to the others when she realized their group had converged without her. “What did I miss?”

“Oh, Samuel was just explaining the process we’ll have to go through to earn our angel wings,” Chord said with a straight and sober face. “You know, just a couple of weeks in the Halo torture chambers and then there’s killing the first born of an Alaskan couple, and then we have to learn how to speak in tongues. Then we get our wings.”

Brielle’s eyes grew to the size of silver dollars until Aurora, Chord, and Gray couldn’t take it anymore and burst out laughing. Even Samuel’s mouth turned up in amusement.

A dark blush crept up Brielle’s neck to her cheeks. “Jerks.”

“Yes, well,” Chord continued. “We can’t all be angels like you, Brielle. Oh, wait…”

“Juniper said we don’t get wings until after we die, anyway.” Aurora scanned the top deck with narrowed eyes. “But none of you angels seem to have wings. What, were you not angelic enough? Is that why you landed the unfortunate job of training a bunch of halflings?”

Samuel’s eyebrow rose in response to Aurora’s comment. Then the next second a loud sound, like a crack of lightning, met their ears followed by a strong gust of wind.

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