Fireborn by David Dalglish

Author:David Dalglish
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction / Fantasy / Epic, Fiction / Action & Adventure, Fiction / Coming Of Age
Publisher: Orbit
Published: 2016-11-22T05:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER

19

Bree drifted in and out of sleep with the gentle rocking of the water, and despite the cold, she felt like she could relax for the first time in days. Kael hovered over her, always quiet. Occasionally she’d hear him activate his gauntlet, adding more ice to their island to keep it from fading away. Mostly he stayed near her, shifting his weight often in an attempt to keep any part of his body from becoming too cold.

By the time Bree felt like herself, the sun had begun its descent. Bree opened her eyes, and she smiled when her brother noticed.

“I like your new look.”

Kael’s shaved head made him look older, and she’d barely recognized him when he first entered her prison.

“Thanks,” he said. “We needed the disguise.”

Groaning against the pain of her stiff limbs, Bree slid up to a sitting position. Her head pounded, but that she could ignore. She pulled the shield out from under her and handed it to Kael.

“Nice shield,” she said. “Your wings aren’t exactly Weshern issue, either. Where’d you get them?”

“Johan.”

“I have a feeling that answers my next question. Last I knew, you were being held prisoner at the holy mansion. Did he rescue you?”

Kael nodded. “They were taking me to the Crystal Cathedral, to join you in that cell, I’d wager. Johan and his disciples ambushed them on the street and took me to his hideout in New Galen. Clara overheard Marius telling her brothers about your capture, so she found us and told us where you were. We set up the rescue immediately after.”

“Remind me to thank Clara as well, then,” Bree said. “Thank God your rescue attempt went better than mine. I was trying to convince Argus to launch an attack on the holy mansion when Center’s troops ambushed our camp.” What little good mood she’d felt quickly drained away with that memory. Bree glanced to the ice, preferring to watch it instead of Kael’s reaction. “Have you heard anything about that? About who might have survived, I mean?”

“No,” Kael said.

Damn it.

“It was awful,” she said. “While running...me, Brad, and Saul, we were trying to get out when a bolt of lightning hit Brad in the chest. He’s...he’s gone, Kael.”

A long period of silence.

“Are you sure?” Kael asked.

Bree swallowed down her sorrow, fighting against the haunting image of Brad’s face locked still, eyes wide, jaw unhinged.

“Yes,” she said. “I’m sure.”

More silence. Bree dared look up. Kael sat at the edge of their ice island, fist pressed against his lips. His entire upper body was shaking.

“He shouldn’t have been there,” Kael said with a sniffle.

“Kael, don’t...”

“He wanted to leave the academy,” her brother continued. “He wanted to leave, and I convinced him not to. I told him he was going to stay. He was going to make his parents proud.”

Kael’s tears were infectious, and Bree clenched her jaw as she wrapped her arm around his shoulder and held him close. She let him grieve, let her own tears fall. Brad wasn’t the only one.

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