Mythos Academy Bundle by Jennifer Estep

Author:Jennifer Estep [Estep, Jennifer]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Kensington
Published: 2011-06-09T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter 15

Despite all the craziness that had been going on the past few days, Nickamedes’s words still stunned me.

“You think it was—it was deliberate?” I asked, cold dread pooling in the bottom of my stomach. “Why?”

Nickamedes stared down his nose at me. “Mountains do not blow themselves up, Gwendolyn. After we got you down here safely to the infirmary, Ajax and I went back up the mountain. We found some burn marks and other things that indicate that someone deliberately set off an explosion at the top of the mountain, which was what caused the avalanche.”

The Reaper. I knew it was the mysterious Reaper who was trying to kill me. First, the SUV outside my Grandma Frost’s house, then the arrow in the library, and now, the Fenrir wolf and the avalanche. Somehow, the Reaper had seen me leave the carnival and start down the mountain. I didn’t know if he’d planned the explosion and the avalanche in advance or not, but he’d seen an opportunity to kill me, and he’d taken it.

And he’d almost succeeded. If I’d hadn’t run for the pine trees, if I’d been just a second or two slower in getting there, if I hadn’t tied myself to the tree ...

If, if, if.

If any of those things had gone wrong, the avalanche would have swept me away—forever.

What was even worse was the fact that this time the Reaper hadn’t cared who else he might have hurt. If there had been anyone else going down the mountain the same time I had been, if Daphne and Carson had decided to have lunch with Preston and me ... My stomach twisted, and I thought I was going to be sick.

The door to the infirmary banged open, and Daphne barged inside, pink sparks of magic flashing around her, like a thousand tiny fireflies winking on and off.

“Sorry, Aurora,” Coach Ajax said, sticking his head into the room. “I couldn’t keep her out any longer.”

“Gwen!” Daphne said, rushing over to me.

She bumped Nickamedes out of the way, her Valkyrie strength pushing the librarian back several steps. He gave her a sour look, and his mouth pinched down into a frown.

Daphne grabbed my hand, and her concern for me flooded my body. It was a nice feeling—in a panicked, anxious kind of way.

“I’m fine,” I said, squeezing her hand tight. “Really, I’m fine.”

Her face relaxed a little bit. “You’d better be. You’re my best friend.”

“And you’re mine,” I whispered back, hot tears stinging my eyes. “You’re my best friend, too.”

Daphne gripped my hand even tighter, her Valkyrie strength crunching my bones together, but I didn’t pull away. I knew I’d have bruises tomorrow, but I didn’t care. Right now, I was happy to let her warm, happy relief flood my body. We stayed like that for a few seconds, before the Valkyrie’s gaze flicked around the room.

“What’s going on?” she asked. “What’s with the big professor powwow?”

Metis smoothed a stray piece of her black hair back into her bun. “Nickamedes and

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