Poison Sun (Star Touched: Vampire Bride 2) by Michelle Madow

Author:Michelle Madow [Madow, Michelle]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Dreamscape Publishing
Published: 2024-04-16T00:00:00+00:00

Morgan

The dragon-snake monster lunges at us with a ferocity that turns my blood to ice, its teeth ready to rip us to shreds so it can assumedly eat us alive.

“The Taztelwurm!” Blaze yells as we jump out of the way.

Its chin collides with the ground so hard that the earth shakes.

I remember the Taztelwurm from one of the stories Blaze shared yesterday. A creature straight out of Alpine folklore, known for its vicious nature, venomous bite, and poison breath.

Luckily, the collision with the ground seems to have startled it for a few seconds. And our packs are too cumbersome to keep on our backs, so we do as planned for situations like this—throw them off and prepare to kill this thing.

“Fire!” I yell out to Blaze. “Now!”

We unleash our magic simultaneously, streams of flames shooting from our hands, intertwining as they race toward the beast.

They envelop its head completely.

Fry it, I think, pushing more and more magic at it. Die.

But when the smoke clears, my heart sinks.

The Taztelwurm is unscathed, its scales glistening in the moonlight, a smirk almost evident on its monstrous face.

“It’s not working!” I shout, and the creature lunges again, faster this time, its tail whipping through the air like a lethal weapon.

I leap to the side, narrowly avoiding being crushed.

Blaze blasts the monster’s face with fire again, blinding it for a few seconds.

“I’ll distract,” he says to me. “You get to its belly and stab.”

As if to show what he means, Blaze aims another stream of fire at the monster—into its mouth this time.

I reach for my magic, let it erupt in flames around me, and teleport to the underside of the wurm—right at its center where its head and tail hopefully can’t reach.

Then, I reach for my dagger, gather my strength, and drive the blade through its thick, reptilian skin.

I don’t take time to admire my work after pulling out the weapon. Instead, I fire travel to the opposite side of its body, closer to its tail end than before, and stab it in the underside again.

It’s a good thing I teleported again, because its sharp tail slices through the air where I was previously standing.

I can’t stay in one place for too long.

So, I fire travel a few more times, stabbing the monster’s underbelly with everything I’ve got. As I do, I pray that the fact that it hasn’t attacked me with its head yet means Blaze is still holding it off.

But fire travel is one of the most consuming ways witches can use magic. I can’t keep this up forever. Especially because I have no idea how badly my dagger is injuring the thing.

Maybe it’s doing nothing. If so, I need to stop wasting my time and energy, and try another approach.

Suddenly, Blaze screams so loudly that the sound pierces the night.

In a blink, I fire travel to help him. But without a clear idea of what’s going on up there, I arrive in a prime spot for the wurm to come down at me with its jaw open, ready to bite.

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