Octavia Bloom and the Missing Key (Through The Fairy Door Book 1) by Estelle Grace Tudor

Author:Estelle Grace Tudor [Tudor, Estelle Grace]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Inlustris
Published: 2020-07-19T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter Ten

Come What May

Octavia and Felicity watched Evony use her wand to float Martha and Soren in the direction of the clearing where Aurus waited. The princess turned back to give the girls one final nod before the mist closed around her like a curtain. The sisters were on their own now.

Octavia sprinkled the remains of the concealing dust over them. A long, drawn-out screech sounded from the girls’ right. Keeping close together, Octavia and Felicity used the last of the revealing dust to find a safe path through the marsh, making sure to avoid any slumbershrooms.

A gloriously full moon came out from behind the clouds, lighting up the area like a beacon. Still shrouded by the dust, the girls stood in its beam, hidden from the now-circling wyvern, whose form was revealed by the moonlight.

Felicity followed it with her arrow, but Octavia’s gasp stopped her from taking the shot. On a mossy mound, surrounded by a nest fashioned from golden coins and crystals, was an opaque egg with purple veins running through it. As the Late Summer Moon’s light hit the egg, it shattered; a lone purple flower rose from the remains, its spiky petals unfurling one by one.

Mesmerised, Octavia walked toward it, feeling in her satchel for her dagger. Ferren, who had retreated deep into Octavia’s pocket, poked her head out to see. She suddenly gave a frightened yell. “Look out!”

The wyvern had turned its great, scaly head toward the girls, and furls of smoke snaked out of its snout.

“The dust must be wearing off! Run!” Felicity yelled. They both headed for the mound, sliding on the squelchy ground, and darted behind a twisted, blackened tree as the wyvern swooped low, flames coursing from its mouth. The creature gave a screech as it missed the girls.

Felicity nocked her arrow and turned in one swift move as the wyvern wheeled around, smoke pouring from its nostrils, gearing up for another onslaught. She closed her eyes briefly and breathed in slowly. Everything took on a dream-like quality; the pounding of Octavia’s heart in her ears diminished all other sounds as she watched Felicity open her eyes and focus on one thing only: her target. Her sister let the arrow fly.

Octavia held her breath as she watched its flight; it seemed to arc in slow motion through the mist. With a colossal roar, the wyvern bucked and writhed in the air as the arrow found its mark and embedded itself deep in its chest. The smoke was extinguished from the creature’s nostrils and the glow dimmed in its great eyes. On a final sigh and one last shudder, the wyvern disappeared in an explosion of glittery particles.

“You did it!” Octavia yelled, grabbing her sister and hugging her tightly.

Felicity let out a great sob and sank slowly to her knees, her pent-up emotions released like a flurry of arrows. She clutched at Octavia, who held her tightly as she cried.

She finally let out a heaving breath and lifted her watery eyes to Octavia’s.

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