Omnibus Three: Magical Arts Academy ~ Books 9-13 by Ashta Lucia

Author:Ashta, Lucia
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-05-23T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 7

“Walt!” I cried again, promising myself that I’d kiss the silly boy when we got out of here. I didn’t care that girls weren’t supposed to kiss boys. I’d promised myself that I’d live my life to the fullest when I’d died, and I was going to make good on that promise.

“Walt?” My voice was strangled. Walt had been standing at the entrance to the castle, right behind us. He’d been there because of me and one of my feelings. If he was dead... if he was injured, it’d be my fault. “Walt?” I called again, and the breath caught in my chest on the way out as I prayed for his answer.

“Do you see him?” I asked Nando, working hard to keep the panic from my voice. I’d panicked enough for one day. I was so fed up with freaking out. Walt is fine. Of course he’s fine.

“Walt?” Nando called out instead of answering me, and tears pricked at my eyes. My brother dropped my arm and moved back toward the entrance—and the middle of the alcove.

“No. Nando, no,” I scolded as harshly as I could manage. “Humbert will breathe flame again!” Now I was panicking, and there was no stopping me. “Get back here right now.”

But my brother wasn’t listening to me, and I had no idea what to do to make him obey my instructions. Humbert was still behind us. The dragon breathed like Uncle when he’d had too much brandy and fallen asleep in his favorite armchair. The dead would be able to hear the dragon, who was still almost certainly filled with fire... and rage.

Wait, the dead! I’d forgotten about the spirits in my concern for Sir Lancelot. How come none of them, not even Albacus, had escaped? Or had I just not noticed them outside, as improbable as that was? The spell should have released them....

But the ghosts were already dead, so I’d have to deal with them later. “Nando,” I whispered intensely. “Nando!” Still nothing, though I could see him moving up ahead, silhouetted by the sunlight beyond the gap in the wall.

So I tried Walt instead, calling him several times. Finally, violent coughing erupted from the alcove. I wanted to feel relieved—I was desperate to—but that coughing didn’t sound good. “Walt?” I took several uncertain steps forward while skirting the wall. Nando and Walt were positioned right in the middle of Humbert’s line of fire.

“He’s all right,” Nando finally said. “Stay where you are.”

“I won’t. Not unless you get out of the range of fire.”

“I’m not planning on being here a second longer than I need to.”

“Humbert doesn’t need more than a few seconds.” I was working hard to control my voice, but was failing miserably. My words were rough and high-pitched. “Get out of there this instant.”

Nando bent over and offered Walt a hand. For the first time, I was able to see the boy I’d promised to kiss just minutes before. I didn’t feel like kissing him any longer, no matter what I’d told myself.

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