Pan's Delight by H.P. Mallory & J.R. Rain

Author:H.P. Mallory & J.R. Rain [Mallory, H.P. & Rain, J.R.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Rain Press
Published: 2022-11-25T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Sixteen

“What are we waiting for, then?” Roy bellowed. “We need to go after them.”

He turned, striding towards the woods without bothering to wait for anyone. But we were already moving forward, after him.

Some of the lesser fae looked frightened at the concept of facing Janara, and I couldn’t blame them even a little. My knees were shaking, but I wasn’t about to let that stop me. Whatever I had to do to keep Finn safe, to keep everyone I cared about safe from a vicious despot who didn’t care about hurting people as long as she got what she wanted—well, the short answer was that I’d do it.

“Stay with me, Poppy,” Andre whispered as he appeared beside me. “I don’t want you out of my sight.”

I looked over at him and nodded.

We hadn’t even made it to the treeline when the wind picked up.

‘Picked up’ maybe wasn’t the right way to describe it. There was a distant, howling roar that grew louder, and louder still as the frigid wind tore through the trees. It was so strong, for a second I thought it would flatten the whole forest like the trees were simply dominoes standing on end. The trunks and branches creaked, groaning at the force of the gale, but managed to stay standing.

Then came the snow.

A howling, bitter blizzard slammed down, sending stinging snow, and biting little pellets of ice everywhere. I clutched my arms around my chest, trying to breathe, but it felt like I’d jumped into icy water, the shock of it locking my lungs up tight. My hair whipped around my face, stinging my eyes. I had to blink almost constantly, to keep the tears from freezing my lids shut. The air had turned from mild autumn to deepest winter in a single instant.

“Take this,” Andre said as he reached over and handed me an Ace of Spades card. I looked up at him in question, even as I accepted it. “Put it in your pocket, somewhere close to you,” he continued, and I did as instructed, immediately feeling a blast of warmth flowing through me. “It’s a protection card,” he finished.

The wind felt like it was doubling down on us—strong enough to stagger me, as though trying to strip every hint of warmth from my body but that little card in my pocket burned against it and I felt my warmth remain. My skin burned against the bitter cold wind, and I bit the inside of my cheek as another gust slammed into me from my right side.

Andre caught me before I could tip over, angling his body into mine to try to shield me from the gale. There was snow in his hair, and it was caked to the side of his sweater where he turned into the wind, holding up his arm as though to shield me from it. Behind us, I heard screams, frightened cries, and people shouting as they tried to find each other through the terrible storm which was becoming impossible even to see in—it was so blinding white.

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