Outlast: Spellslingers Academy of Magic (Warden of the West Book 3) by Annabel Chase

Author:Annabel Chase [Chase, Annabel]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Red Palm Press LLC
Published: 2018-04-18T16:00:00+00:00

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The blue-grey valley seemed devoid of life, so I was surprised when we happened upon a meadow of tiny white flowers. I broke into a run, racing through the meadow like a little girl. The tiny petals brushed against my legs.

“The smell reminds me of honeysuckle,” I said. “I wonder if these are edible.” I was so hungry. I tore one from the ground and chewed. It was deliciously sweet. “You have to try one.”

“I don’t know what honeysuckle is,” Gray said, “but it sounds nice.” He plucked a flower from the earth and popped it into his mouth. “Tasty.”

“We had a garden in…I think it was Oregon. And honeysuckle grew there.” I ate another flower. “My mom and I used to sit on the swing in the backyard and just breathe in the scent.”

Gray’s expression softened. “You must’ve been very close with her.”

“How could I not have been? It was just the two of us.” Until she died. Thank goodness for Icarus. If he hadn’t come along when he did, who knew what would have become of me?

“I wish I had memories like yours,” he said.

“I’m sure you do.” I twirled around in the meadow, watching the flowers swish around my feet. “Your issues with your family started after you left the AMF.”

“They were exacerbated after I left the AMF,” he clarified. “They’ve always been there, though. My family is very…particular.”

“Is that a vampire thing?” I asked.

“More of a Mappleworth thing,” he replied.

“Do you miss it?” A faint mist began to rise from the flowers. I suddenly felt like we were standing on top of clouds.

“Miss what?”

“The security,” I said. “The sense of family.”

His jaw hardened. “I don’t need it.”

“It’s okay to need it, Gray. It isn’t a bad thing.” The mist drifted higher. “This is so weird. I don’t sense any moisture in the air. My magic should be chomping at the bit with all this mist.” I pulled my wand from my waistband. “Maybe I’ll try my wand and see what happens.”

Gray grabbed me by the wrist and pulled me toward him. “No, don’t.”

I craned my neck to look at him. “Why not?”

“It might be dangerous.”

“This whole journey to the center of the earth has been dangerous.”

“Why do you think I’m here? I don’t want anything to happen to you, Morrow.”

His penetrating gaze unsettled me, and I swallowed hard. “Like Riya?”

“No,” he said gruffly. “Not like Riya. She was a warden, my partner. You’re…different.”

“How?” I said.

The mist engulfed us completely. I couldn’t see the flowers anymore. I couldn’t see anything except the sexy vampire right in front of me.

And he was all I wanted to see.

He lifted my wrist to his mouth.

Alarm bells rang in my head. “What are you doing?”

He didn’t respond as his tongue slide across my wrist, making my whole body tremble. His fangs sank into my wrist, and he drank. Deeply. A soft groan escaped my lips. Gray was drinking blood straight from the tap.

My blood.

His fangs retracted, and he licked away the flecks of blood on my wrist.

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