Immortal Fire (The Red Winter Trilogy Book 3) by Annette Marie

Author:Annette Marie [Marie, Annette]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781988153124
Publisher: Dark Owl Fantasy Inc.
Published: 2017-04-10T18:30:00+00:00

Cold magic dragged across Emi’s skin, and then Tsuchi spat her out of the portal. She stumbled forward and thumped into Saburo’s back. Choking on the painfully hot air, Emi grabbed the daitengu’s arm for balance. Her wet clothes steamed.

The valley had turned to blazing red and boiling black. Flames roared through the forest, leaping toward the sky. Dark smoke roiled in spiraling columns and red embers rained on them like crimson snow. Only the clearing with the fallen oak had been spared by the raging inferno.

“What—” Saburo gasped. “What happened? This isn’t Izanagi’s …”

Emi gripped the daitengu’s arm even tighter as her knees weakened with terror. So much fire. Had Shiro done this? Where was he? Where were Yumei and Susano? She didn’t know if the battle was over. She didn’t know who was still alive.

Across the clearing, the devouring inferno swelled, flickering white-hot at its core, and a new wave of heat rushed over Emi and Saburo.

Two glowing ruby eyes appeared amidst the blaze.

The great kyubi no kitsune stalked out of the hellfire. With pale flames trailing off his fur and his long tails merging with the inferno behind him, he could have been a fiery phantom, no more a living creature than Yumei’s shadow raven.

“Inari,” Saburo stuttered, her composure crumbling as fear hoarsened her voice. “Yomi have mercy, that’s Inari.”

The fox beast prowled into the open, igniting the dried winter grass with each touch of his paws upon the earth. Fixated on Emi and Saburo, he slunk closer, fangs bared.

Fear shuddered down Emi’s spine. Her nightmares of the kyubi no kitsune flashed through her mind—dream after dream where the beast had attacked her. Had Shiro forgotten her? Had he lost his mind to the uncontained power of his true form?

The fox beast stopped, his ears swiveling back and snout wrinkling in a soundless snarl. His posture was aggressive, but also rigid with wariness. He had no reason to approach her and Saburo cautiously. What was he waiting for?

Heat blasted across her back, and then the point of a golden javelin erupted from the center of Saburo’s stomach.

The impact tore Saburo from Emi’s grip and the woman was hurled to the ground. She landed on her side, her mouth open in a silent scream as the stench of burning flesh thickened the air.

At the same moment Saburo fell, the fox beast vaulted toward Emi. Expecting a javelin to tear through her body, she spun around, putting her back to the fox.

Izanagi dropped through the clouds of smoke and landed on top of the fallen oak tree, already reaching down. He grabbed Emi’s hair, fingers scraping her scalp, and yanked her off her feet. A superheated updraft swept beneath them, lifting him and Emi skyward. As they were flung away from the ground, the fox slammed into the oak, too late to catch them.

The updraft whisked them through clouds of smoke and into the clear sky above. Emi grabbed Izanagi’s wrist with both hands, pulling herself up before her scalp tore from her skull.

Download

Copyright Disclaimer:
This site does not store any files on its server. We only index and link to content provided by other sites. Please contact the content providers to delete copyright contents if any and email us, we'll remove relevant links or contents immediately.