Forged in Fire (The Forged Chronicles Book 3) by Alyssa Rose Ivy

Author:Alyssa Rose Ivy [Ivy, Alyssa Rose]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2016-06-20T18:30:00+00:00

14

James

“We need to go after her.” Gregor brought Ainsley up for the third time that morning. I’d ignored him the previous times, but the tactic did not appear to be working.

“We have been over this. She is fine.”

“But we need her. I can feel it. Letting her go was a mistake.” He started to pace again. He did that almost as frequently as he pestered me with questions.

“It was necessary.” Although the reason behind my decision was becoming harder and harder to remember and understand.

“But we have no other weapon.”

“We have plenty of weapons. She is worth more than that.” She was worth so much. She was the only thing that seemed real beyond the darkness. Her face still appeared when I willed it to. I would see her again. I would have her again.

“It would not have hurt her. She would have survived.”

“I will say it again, she is worth more than any weapon. Any risk would have been too great.”

“You are weak.” Gregor sneered.

“No. I am strong.” Not strong enough to fight the darkness completely, but strong enough to protect her. She was my everything.

“I am going to find her.” He started toward the woods.

“You will not.” My words stopped him in his tracks.

“What are you going to do about it?” He taunted. “Kill me?”

“I cannot.”

“Why? It is not as if you care.”

“For the same reason you want me to do it.”

“So you do understand how it works.” He grinned. “Yet you came close to taking my life.”

“I was out of control.”

“And that means you were willing to risk it all?”

“No. I will stay in control, but that does not mean I will make your life enjoyable.”

He gritted his teeth. “Fine. I will see to the army.” He disappeared into the trees and left me worried. I hoped he was not going to do anything stupid.

My world had shifted and changed over and over in the past few weeks. I had believed happiness would finally be mine, and then I had it taken away. But I would get it back, and Ainsley and I would spend the rest of our lives together.

“The gate is ready.” A soldier’s voice carried into the clearing.

“Are you sure?” I had heard that news before, but each time the gate had failed to provide access to the lost world. Bridging the worlds was more difficult than my father had anticipated.

“We believe so.” The lack of confidence in the soldier’s voice was anything but reassuring. The first two times the messenger had been certain.

“You believe so?” I felt anger surging through my veins. “And that belief was enough to bother me with?’

“We believe so, sir.”

I stepped toward the soldier. “You believe so?”

“Yes.”

“Maybe you should stop believing and start doing.” It took every last ounce of strength I had to resist throttling the soldier. It was not me I reminded myself. I did not want the gate. I did not even understand why we were building it rather than taking over one of the others that already existed, but I saw it was necessary.

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