Haven by Dima Zales

Author:Dima Zales [Zales, Dima]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Mozaika Publications

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“My plan is simple to describe, but trickier to execute.” Phoe rubs her little chin with her thumb and index finger. “We need to get Davin and Jeremiah alone and learn what we can from them—which is a polite way of saying we need to Limbofy them.”

“Which is also a polite way of saying I need to gut them like a fish or cut their heads off.”

“Well, there are other ways we can Limbofy them, such as stabbing them in their hearts, but your ideas sound just as doable,” Phoe says with a straight face. “In any case, we need to figure out a way for you to talk with them one on one.”

“I assume you’ll make me shape-shift into Benjamin,” I say.

“In a few minutes, yes. Once we’re closer to the Sanctum. Chester’s body is better for flying fast, so I want to leverage that for as long as possible.”

“Will we find a good excuse to talk to them privately?” I ask, ignoring yet another increase in the speed of my wings flapping. My lips feel like they might blow off my face.

“I hope so. It will also work if we can get the two of them to talk to you at the same time, though that might be messier.” Phoe grimaces as though she’s talking about getting a patch of dirt on her cutesy dress, not assassinating two people.

“Two opponents at once?” I have to close my eyes because of the air resistance. “Do you think you could guide my movements that well, or does Benjamin have memories of them being wimps?”

“Davin is pretty dangerous. Jeremiah is new, so Benjamin doesn’t know much about him—though him being new does mean Jeremiah hasn’t had much practice with whatever his weapon is. If you do come up against them at the same time, I’ll return you to your default fiery winged version and use the freed-up resources to create two embodiments of me.”

“Two of you?” I open my eyes to peek at her and regret it instantly, because my eyes get super dry from the crazy wind. “So it would be like what you did on the beach when you were dealing with the Jeremiah virus?”

“Like that, only more limited,” Phoe says. “Okay, we’re close enough. I’m turning you into Benjamin—now.”

The vertigo is not as strong this time. I guess I’m getting the hang of shape-shifting. Phoe’s control of my body is more obvious, because I keep flying evenly despite the world spinning around me.

We’re flying much slower now, probably because Benjamin’s smoky wings aren’t as practical as bird wings. On the bright side, they look very stylish, and I feel like I’m flapping clouds.

“That’s the Sanctum.” Phoe points at the island looming a few miles ahead of us.

As we get closer, I gawk at the Sanctum so blatantly that Phoe teasingly sticks her puny finger into my gaping mouth. I close my mouth but keep staring. The place looks like a massive snow globe. Its circumference is about ten times greater than that of the islands we passed.

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