Master of Fate by Angela Knight

Author:Angela Knight [Knight, Angela]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: BIN 008893-02876
Publisher: Changeling Press LLC
Published: 2019-05-19T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Six

Davon’s stomach seemed to drop as if he were in free-fall, and a wave of ice rolled to the top of his head. He must be going as pale as his complexion would allow.

Through the open garage door, he saw sparks bloom as the dimensional gate expanded. Four Fomorians stepped through. The sizzle of alien magic rolled over him, and he heard Alys make a soft, purring hum. She stepped forward, drawing her sword. He drew his and followed.

“Hello, boys!” Alys called as her helmet echoed of the words in the guttural language of the Fomorians. “I’m sorry, you’re not going to be kidnapping anyone’s kids today.” Lifting her sword, she charged with that ringing Mad Alys cackle.

Davon ran after her, leaping at the nearest Fomorian. And the battle was joined, the two Magekind falling into their old familiar pattern: Alys firing blasts after blast at the lead Fomorian, spaced so tightly they overwhelmed his shield. The instant it fell, Davon leapt forward and swung his sword. Fomorian armor wasn’t quite as good as theirs -- the Fomos depended more on their magic to shield them -- and he’d learned precisely the right stroke to cleave through armor, bone, and flesh.

The Fomorian’s head tumbled away, trailing a violet spray of blood.

Another warrior lunged at him, and he spun aside, avoiding the Fomo’s hurled blast. But even as they fought, Davon worked his way toward the edge of the woods, watching Alys from the corner of one eye. She was having a great time, hurling blazing magical blasts like fastballs. Ferociously alive, as she always was in combat.

Two Fomorians charged her, and there it was: she dropped her shield to swing her blade in that that fucking figure-eight sword swing from the vision. Davon snapped his eyes off to the left. Sure enough, a white-hot point appeared in midair, swelling outward into a gate. The one the eight Fomorian would step through.

His gut clenched, and he shot an agonized look at her. And longed to tell her this wasn’t a betrayal. Ached to stay and fight for her, to save her from the horror that awaited her…

I have one chance -- humanity has one fucking chance. And that’s for you to believe me and follow the plan.

Cursing himself -- cursing her -- Davon wheeled and ran, sprinting for the woods that lay at the edge of the yard. They won’t kill her. She swore they won’t kill her. He heard Alys’s startled shout. “’Von? Where the hell are you…” Her voice sounded high with disbelief and a hint of panic.

But she had no time for more as the Fomorians closed in. She’ll think I betrayed her. The thought rasped over his heart like sandpaper. But he didn’t stop, didn’t slow as he raced into the woods.

I have one chance -- humanity has one fucking chance. And that’s for you to believe me and follow the plan.

Just ahead, a white-hot spot appeared in midair, the dimensional gate generator they’d planted the night before activating at his approach.

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