High Fae Academy - Year Two: Paranormal Fae Romance by Kaylin Peyerk

Author:Kaylin Peyerk [Peyerk, Kaylin]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-01-22T06:00:00+00:00

Chapter Nine

Stepping through the portal felt like falling down the rabbit hole or getting sucked up into a dizzying tornado. I half expected Octavius to tell me that we’re not in Kansas anymore. The land around me is nothing like the neutral academy grounds. It’s lush with trees and foliage that I’ve never seen before in a range of colors I didn’t know existed. The amount of growth of life here is astounding.

I step up to the nearest tree and run my fingers along the deep yellow branches sprouting indigo leaves. Octavius is watching me marvel at everything around me with a small smile on his face. With a laugh, I fall to my knees and press my hands into the dense silky moss covering the ground. Earth magic pulses there, as alive and beautiful as it’s always been, yet fuller. As if portraying that this is its true home where all earth magic belongs.

“Come on, Tiana, we have to get moving. The portal drops us at the edge of the Earth territory, and it’s a day’s walk to court. We have to get there before nightfall.”

I stand and brush off my jeans. “Why?”

He moves in front of me, leading the way as we set off. “Because dangerous things lurk in the darkness of the fae kingdoms.”

His words sent a chill through me that’s quickly dismissed by the wonders around me. We walk in silence for several minutes as I touch and greet every new and interesting plant that we pass. Blue sunflowers, purple roses, yellowed ferns, and each and every tree is made of a different bark ranging in color from brown to red to yellow. Each one I touch sends a burst of energy and magic back into my veins. Very few resemble trees from the human world. It’s strange that so many near the academy did. Perhaps it was to keep up the premise that all things are equal there.

Eventually, my awe wears off, and I look at Octavius. His back is to me, and he’s striding forward with purpose, shoving plants out of the way roughly. They recoil from him, appearing wounded, and I hear them as I pass. It makes me wonder if he has death magic, and if so, has he used it on another person? Are his hands covered in the blood of his enemies as his fathers must be? I catch up to him, so we’re walking side by side. He gives me a sidelong glance but doesn’t say anything.

“Can I ask you some questions about the dark fae?” He shrugs, so I go on. “I was told that the dark fae are exact copies of the light fae, but that doesn’t seem to be true. You don’t have courts for the elemental powers, and your primary power is death magic.”

He flinches at the mention of his magic. “Dark fae are not copies, per se. We are made through expended magic. Light Lucian is older than dark Lucian by over three hundred years, as are the other masters.

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