Hunter Circles Series Books 1-3: An Urban Fantasy Box Set by Jessica Gunn

Author:Jessica Gunn [Gunn, Jessica]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Published: 2017-11-25T07:00:00+00:00

Chapter 18

Krystin

Several long minutes passed as I pressed my face against the glass. The chamber didn’t necessarily bind your powers, but some sort of magik was at play that was blocking mine. No telekinetically breaking the glass. No teleportante would get me past the magik. I had no other option but to wait until Ben came back, or someone else showed up who could let me out.

And oh, my god was it torture.

I’d never seen that many Hunters in Headquarters before unless a big meeting was happening, never mind that many in one corridor. Something had happened, something big. But because the earth hadn’t shook again, I had to assume it wasn’t related to the cianza.

Frustration welled up inside me. I spun, grabbed the cot I’d slept on by the front legs, and hoisted the lightweight metal frame at the glass, hoping to break it open.

The cot’s legs bent against the glass, which didn’t give even a single centimeter.

“Dammit!” I roared as I backpedaled and slid down the quarantine chamber’s wall, my hands running through my hair.

I caught sight of Giyano’s mark on my hand. Disgust flowed through me, much like his magik now did. Too bad I couldn’t remove my hand the way this room had gotten rid of my magik. I wanted to forget what Giyano had done, even if it’d saved us. I wanted to forget and move on so far from here that the Fire Circle was just a blip on my radar.

Out of the Circle. Out of New England. That was my goal.

But first, I had to get out of this room.

I brought my knees to my chest and wrapped my arms around my legs. Maybe Ben was right. Maybe I shouldn’t have gone to Giyano for answers. But at the time, he had been the only person I could think of who might know Kinder’s weakness—besides Aloysius. And if Ben’s reaction to me seeing Giyano had been that volatile, I couldn’t even imagine what he would do if I’d requested an audience with Darkness’s Emperor.

Right or wrong, I’d done what I’d thought needed to be done. Just like I’d done for years before being placed on a team. And maybe that was the real lesson here: Krystin Blackwood didn’t belong on a team. I didn’t belong anywhere.

“Hey, Krystin,” someone said.

I looked up. Ben.

He stood in the room, juggling keys in his hands. When he found the one he was looking for, he stepped toward the chamber on quick feet and unlocked the door. It slid it open.

“Something big is up,” he said, all trace of the anger from before erased from existence. “Jaffrin wants everyone to be there. But if you do something again, Krystin, I’ll stop you.”

I wanted to remind him that I hadn’t done anything. Giyano had done this to me. But I didn’t. “I’m good.”

He nodded. “Then let’s go.”

Ben led the way down to the first floor of Fire Circle Headquarters, where a line to get into the grand hall had formed.

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