Hunted: A Vampire Romance (Marked by Night Book 3) by Sara Thorn

Author:Sara Thorn [Thorn, Sara]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-10-21T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twelve

“This is treacherous,” I said as I grabbed Cassius’s arm and tried to navigate my footing down the side of the ash-covered mountain. I had already slid and fell twice, and we weren’t even halfway down yet.

“Mara, you need to be careful,” he said as he held tightly onto me. “The ground below isn’t like the forest or even the vampire caverns for that matter. It’s almost as if the land here is on fire.”

“Yeah,” I said. “This is pretty volcanic in nature. Did you know that Mystreuce had a volcanic geographical area?”

“I had no idea this place even existed,” Cassius answered. “I never traveled much farther out than the fae forests.”

“Well, if we ever get out of here, maybe we should make it a point to do some adventurous exploring so we can find out what else is in this world with us,” I said.

“Yeah, that’s definitely not a bad idea.”

When we finally reached the bottom of the mountain, I stepped precariously onto the ground below. The land was rock-hard and hot enough that I could feel the warmth radiating into the bottom of my boots. There were more mountains beside and behind us, but the way ahead was mostly clear and flat. The ground descended downward in a steady slope that stretched out for miles, and the scenery was a smoldering shade of red ash that was so dark it was nearly black. But unlike the other dark areas we had seen, this whole place looked entirely alive. Its energy was pulsing, and just like lava, there seemed to be a current beneath the surface-layer shell that we were walking on, which moved beneath our feet. It didn’t feel as though there had been destruction here. In contrast, it felt as if this were a very powerful place with a sort of pent-up energy waiting to gush out.

“Can you feel it?” I asked Cassius as he walked slowly by my side.

We were both trying to take in the immensely powerful effect of our surroundings.

“The energy here?” he asked. “Yes. I can definitely feel it. I wish we knew how to tap into it.”

“I want to try, too,” I said. “I know we need to get back to the others and get home, but I want to see if we can harness the power here.”

“How?”

“I’m not sure, but remember the vines that came out of the earth while we were training?”

“Yeah,” he said. “You want me to try to attack you again?”

“No, I don’t think that will work now.”

“Or you’re just scared that I’ll beat you this time,” Cassius teased.

“No,” I laughed. “That’s not it at all. I just think that Mystreuce and I have a bit of a better understanding of each other now, and I don’t think it will try to harm you again. Unless you really piss me off.” That was my turn to joke around.

Cassius raised one eyebrow at me.

“Let’s try something else,” I suggested. “Something similar to the other night when we made the ground shake.

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