Mortal Sight by Sandra Fernandez Rhoads

Author:Sandra Fernandez Rhoads [Rhoads, Sandra Fernandez]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction, Christian, Fantasy, Young Adult, Urban Fantasy, YA
ISBN: 9781621841210
Publisher: Enclave Escape
Published: 2020-04-14T05:00:00+00:00

We stay in the tower with our backs to each other for what feels like hours. Claire and Rhys hang several stories lower to get a better view of the street. No one talks. After a while, I stand and stretch out my legs to warm up and keep awake.

I lean against the bars and stare out into the night. My mind wanders, replaying Jess’s death, my mom’s drawings, that horrible bird monster hunting Maddox and me. There’s so much I still don’t know.

A light chime of metal hitting metal, like a zipper tag, clinks somewhere behind me. The sound stops. A brush of cold wind swooshes nearby. I lean right, thrust the point of my elbow back as hard as possible, and hit something solid. Someone grunts. I turn around to find Kellan with a pained look on his face. “Your reflexes are slow.”

He thought that was slow? “I made contact. How was that—”

“You waited till I was almost on you.”

“I wanted to see how quick I could react the closer you got.” A total lie.

“That’s a stupid idea. Don’t ever do that again. Next time it might not be me.” Kellan rubs his side.

“Talk about a stupid idea—attacking someone on the platform of a cell tower . . . What if I had fallen off? What if I had knocked you off?”

“True.” Kellan tucks his hands in his pockets. “Except being a Blade means figuring things out real quick. We’re intuitive.”

I glance at him, unsure if “we’re” includes me. “So you’re saying I passed your test. Despite my ‘slow’ reflexes, you think I’m a Blade?”

He shakes his head. “You read as a lot of things.” My stomach sinks. Can he tell I’m a Seer?

His lean, freckled face looks pale in the night. The fading Current is almost nonexistent between us. “I don’t think Hesperian is where you ought to be. If you really want to learn how to get at those creatures, someone like you should be at Council, training with Gray.”

Gray. That name again. “What’s the big deal about him?” I bounce on my toes to keep warm.

Kellan’s smile is loaded. “You’ll figure that out as soon as you meet him.”

“So he’s a Blade.”

“Best there is.”

So Kellan thinks I’m good enough to train with the best Blade there is? That’s saying something. “Do I have to wait until I meet Gray to find out how to kill the creatures, or can you tell me?”

“The tactic is simple.” His wavy hair doesn’t move with the sudden wind gust. Mine, however, tangles in my face, even under the beanie.

I wipe the loose strands away. “Oh yeah?” I try to sound casual, nonchalant. This is the answer I’ve been waiting for.

Kellan stares into the night. “Aim for the heart, strike deep, and pray you don’t die.”

“Aim . . .” I think back. I tried throwing a metal pole at the Cormorant, but that didn’t do any good. “Are their hearts anatomically in the same place as ours?”

The blue glow from the moonlight clouds deepens the shadows of Kellan’s expression.

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