Fire Fae (Fae War Chronicles Book 3) by Jessica Wayne

Author:Jessica Wayne [Wayne, Jessica]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: B.A.D. Publishing, LLC
Published: 2022-08-22T18:30:00+00:00

16

EMBER

Rafferty stands beside me as we stare down the edge of a cliff high enough that the very tip is buried in the clouds. I gulp. This is going to fucking suck. If I can’t figure out how to use my wings, the fall will kill me, and we can start all over again.

All. Over. Again.

“Open your wings.”

Swallowing hard, I focus on the constant pressure on my shoulder blades, imagining the wings opening and spreading out to either side. I can feel them unfurl, limbs I didn’t possess until mere weeks ago.

“Magnificent,” Rafferty mutters. I glance to my left and take in the ombré fiery wing spread out from behind me. Then, I turn to the other so I can take in its mirrored twin on the other side. They really are—magnificent, that is.

And it’s taking all of my pride to keep my excitement inside. I have wings! Wings! Like, how freaking crazy is that? My skin buzzes with energy as I stare out at the sky.

“What do you feel?”

“Excited?”

“Is that a question or a fact?” he questions, crossing his arms.

“Both. I’m nervous but also pumped to see what these things are capable of.”

Rafferty grunts then rolls his shoulders. Massive obsidian wings stretch out twice the distance of mine. His feathers shimmer with color beneath the bright sunlight. I’m struck by how damn magnificent he is, standing here in the sun beside me.

He glances over and nods, raising his wings and bringing them down with enough force to send a gust of wind blasting over me. He shoots to the sky, disappearing from view, and I’m dumbstruck, just staring up at him.

“Okay, Ember. You can do this. You can totally do this. You jumped out of a plane once, and this has to be safer, right? I mean, there’s no parachute, but you have wings.”

A bird lands on a branch of the tree to my left.

I turn to glare at it. “Oh, like it’s so easy.” Turning back to the cliffside, I take a deep breath then raise my wings and bring them down quickly.

Nothing happens.

No wind. Hell, there’s barely a light breeze.

“Come on,” I mutter to myself.

Something slams into my back and throws me from the edge of the cliff. I scream, a blood-curdling, throat-burning scream that I’m sure everyone in all of Faerie hears. Plummeting to the ground, I try to hold out my wings, to get control, but nothing works.

And then I see him.

Rafferty shoots down toward me, wings folded behind him. He grips me with strong arms wrapped around my waist, my back to his front, then spreads out his wings to slow my descent. My heart pounds, hammering in my ears as we soar up toward the sky.

“Did you seriously just push me off a fucking cliff?” I screech, clinging to his arms.

He chuckles. “Seemed the best way to get you to take the leap.”

My pulse begins to level out, so I risk looking out at the world around us. Rafferty takes us higher and higher into the sky, leaving the ground as little more than a dark blot below.

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