Feed the Flames (Steel & Stone) by Annette Marie

Author:Annette Marie [Marie, Annette]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Young Adult Fiction, Urban Fantasy, Paranormal
Publisher: Annette Marie
Published: 2015-07-21T23:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 5

GETTING a better grip on the door of her cell, Seiya pulled, her entire body straining. Trepidation pummeled her self-control, an urgency she could barely contain. Her wings flared wide. She dug her talons into the steel and wrenched harder. The metal creaked. She’d bent the hinges a fair amount, but they showed no signs of imminent failure.

Her muscles screamed and she finally let go, dropping to the floor. Breathing hard, she studied the door again. The lock was on the other side, inaccessible. The hinges were the only weak points she could get at, but she was making no progress toward breaking them.

She backed away from the door and turned to Lyre. He was sitting in the farthest corner from her, hunched over the chain with his spells, still attempting to squeeze some magic out from around the collar—as he had been for days. She’d lost track of how long they’d been locked in the dark cells, time broken only by the irregular delivery of food and water. Lyre had worked with the mindless determination of the desperate, but he was no closer than he’d been during the first hour.

“Miysis’s collar must have been defective,” she snapped. “You’re wasting your time. Help me try to break the door instead.”

“What good will that do?” he snapped back. “We’ll still be trapped in this room. Put your glamour back on so I can concentrate.”

She snarled as her temper rose, anger replacing panic. She pushed it down. Closing her eyes, she pulled glamour back over her form, a mental action so familiar she could do it with only a thought.

Fear pressed in on her even harder, threatening to take over. She returned to the door and wrapped her hands around the bars. It wouldn’t be long now. They could come in at any moment and take her to Samael. She couldn’t let that happen. She wouldn’t do that to her brother. She would die first.

Turning away from the barred door, she faced Lyre again. He was bent over the gem in his hands, eyes shut, brow creased in concentration. He was just as frantic as her. He might not be returning to a life of imprisonment, but she suspected it would still be a nightmare for him. How much of Lyre’s past did Ash know?

“We need a new plan,” she said. “Forget about your spell and help me come up with something.”

“This is our only option.”

“Your stubbornness is going to get us killed!”

“We have no choice,” he yelled. “Without magic, we will never make it out of here. It doesn’t matter if we break out of our cells or even break down that door. We’ll be recaptured the moment we encounter a Ra soldier.”

“You might not be able to activate the spells in your arrows, but you can still shoot them. We’re both armed under glamour. Fighting would give us a better chance than just sitting here!”

His face turned white and he stuttered, “G-glamour.”

“What?”

He launched to his feet. “Glamour! How did

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