Indestructible by Emma L. Adams

Author:Emma L. Adams [Adams, Emma L.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: BA
Published: 2016-01-07T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER THIRTEEN

I don’t sleep that night.

Part of it’s adrenaline from the last few hours. I’m Transcendent, whatever the hell that really means. Even though Murray reassured me I can’t do any harm, my brain decides to replay the last energy blast whenever I close my eyes, so I give up on sleep. The idea of being a sacrifice doesn’t appeal much either. Sure, the fiends haven’t invaded in two years, but the one we ran into yesterday knew something.

The fiends are intelligent. They’re not just random killers. And that makes them doubly dangerous.

Early the next morning, I speed-walk to Murray’s lab, and collide with someone just leaving the office. Cas wears his customary scowl, but doesn’t speak to me this time before marching off like I’ve mortally insulted him.

My head swims with new questions, despite the sleepless fog behind my eyes. Murray sees me standing outside and beckons me to come in.

“Is everything all right?”

“Are you joking?” I say. “I just found out I’m freaking artillery.”

“That isn’t true,” Murray says. Papers are strewn all over his desk. “We fully intend to defeat the fiends before it ever comes to the point of another mass attack on humanity. As it is, Leah, you’ve earned the right to come to meetings with the senior Pyros, if you like. You’ll have access to the same information we do.”

Mollified, I nod.

“For now, you’re in training. The quicker you advance, the quicker we can determine what your abilities are.”

Guess I can’t argue with that.

“Go to the training hall. I already told Val what happened; she can set you up with some training exercises. We’ll help you control this, Leah. Don’t worry.”

At least training takes my mind off things. I nearly jump out of my skin when I take hold of the same knife I used to fight yesterday and it reacts to my touch, flaring bright red.

“That’s new,” says Val, frowning. “I’ve never seen someone bond to a weapon so quickly.”

“Bond to it?” I say, staring as the silver coating peels away from the blade before my eyes, revealing the reddish colour beneath.

“You can channel your power through a weapon of your choice. Normally we’d trial you with all of them first, but you seem to have adapted to that knife.”

I turn the knife over in my hand. It looks more like a piece of sharpened rock now. The hilt fits to my hand perfectly, like it was made for me. Stupid thought. You’ve only used it twice.

“So I can’t use any other weapon?”

“You can, but it makes sense to play to your strengths. Besides, try letting go of it now.”

I blink at her, quizzically. “How d’you mean?”

“Trust me. Let go of the hilt.”

I’m sceptical, but I do as she says and unfold my fingers from the hilt. The knife stays stuck to my palm.

“Oh, wow.” I turn over my hand, palm upwards, and the knife stays there. Experimentally, I use my left hand to take it, and the spell’s broken. But when I unfold the fingers on my left hand, the knife remains stuck.

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