Heir of Secrets by Rachel Higginson

Author:Rachel Higginson [Higginson, Rachel]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Rachel Higginson
Published: 2014-01-01T08:00:00+00:00

Chapter Thirteen

I didn’t immediately move. Part of me couldn’t believe that he was serious, even after everything we’d been through. Part of me didn’t want to believe him. I internally demanded that he remember what he used to be like with a soul.

But I couldn’t even reconcile that person with the evil man standing in front of me.

I raised my eyebrows at him but what he was offering started to make sense in light of the fact that he planned on killing me. In three seconds.

“Stella, go!” Serena yelled. “Get somewhere safe! Now!”

Suddenly, the reality of this moment clicked. I didn’t need to be told twice.

I took off into the sky with a powerful burst of Light and energy. Once again, I sped over tall, grassy plains, dry dessert, long stretches of ocean, crops, Westernized houses. I flew through the dawning Sun and back into the dark of night. I raced as fast as I’d ever gone, allowing myself the freedom to be as reckless as possible.

I had been completely confident I could kill Seth tonight. Right up until the end… up until he threw away my swords with a flick of his wrists and the ease of a master predator. He told me to run because he’d decided to be gracious. Obviously, I’d been delusional thinking that there was even a shadow of his former self left.

I mentally berated myself as I ran for my life.

If I could just get home. If I could just get over the property line.

Seth’s laughter echoed through the clouds and chased me through the darkness. I had to get home. I had to get home. I had to get home.

“Run faster, Starling.” His voice pierced and rattled through the vast sky. It shook the foundations of the earth and twisted my insides with the greatest fear I’d ever known.

I felt a presence at my side as I fled for my life.

Jude.

He didn’t have any trouble catching up with me. His Light burned as bright as mine and we soared through the sky with equal purpose. I felt his silent encouragement as he challenged me to fly faster.

When my farm came into sight, we dropped quickly. I hit the ground hard and rolled to a stop. I pushed up earth as I flipped over, the force of my speed digging in deep. My clothes had dried in the air from all my heat, but I still caked myself in dirt and gravel as I tumbled to a stop.

Jude didn’t have the stopping problem I had and stood gracefully over me with a stupid I-told-you-so look plastered across his arrogant face. I just shook my head. I so did not want to hear about it from him of all people.

I could feel Seth’s presence all around me. His malicious aura wrapped around my skin and set the protons and atoms in the air on edge with aggressive electricity. I could feel his sinister evil carry across the breeze, whispering his deadly plans to end my life.

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