Prince of Flowers by Nazri Noor

Author:Nazri Noor [Noor, Nazri]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Romance, Gay / Lesbian / LGBT
Published: 2021-12-31T23:00:00+00:00

13

I wished I knew what I wanted to prove, whether to myself, or Sylvain, or the specter of my missing father. The practical thing to do was to save my arcane essence for the rest of the journey. We had the potions, but we still needed to ration them.

How was I supposed to predict what else we would face in the Oriel of Earth? Not even two minutes into arriving and this potted plant from hell had already showed up.

I splayed out my fingers, allowing the grimoire to lay flat in my hand. Its pages fluttered as I drew power from its depths and called in my best and only real option for projectile weapons. Multiple tiny portals blinked into existence around me, heralding the arrival of my doves.

My little birds zipped forth bravely. The grimoire turned pages on its own, landing on a quick spell. Yes. Perfect. I could enhance the doves with magic. Okay, so maybe I did learn one or two things in that duel with Evander, a quick refresher. I made a mental note to actually try and memorize the spell going forward.

Enhancing eidolons was supposed to be second nature to summoners, and it was supposed to do more than just getting my doves to help me hover across ravines. This could be worth it. I sent out threads of my arcane essence, clothing each dove in a field of shimmering force. They glowed silvery-gold as they hurtled toward the monster.

With their magical armor, with augmented beaks and claws — and maybe a little luck — my doves were equipped to do some serious damage. The Venus flytrap tilted its head at the flock’s approach, feathers and beaks and bodies gleaming in the sunlight.

Any closer and they would punch through the flytrap’s body, drill it full of holes. I gripped the grimoire tight, licked my lips, waited for the doves to strike.

The flytrap moved far quicker than its massive bulk should allow. It parted its jaws and snapped them shut around the cloud of doves as soon as they came within range. And then: total silence.

I blanched, the sweat on my skin turned to ice. Gods, at least I’d bothered encasing the doves in magic. I clenched my fist, dismissing the conjuring and sending them all back to their homes, safe and sound.

“Well, fuck,” I muttered. “That was close. Did you see? That thing just ate them all in one go.”

Sylvain shook his sword in the air, literally rattling his saber. “This wouldn’t have happened if you could summon a flock of dragons instead.”

Oh, right. There was my other weapon, standing right next to me. Too bad he was being so annoying about everything. The germ of an idea formed in my head. I jabbed my finger toward him, never touching.

“Hey, man. These are all the eidolons I’ve got, plus a senior wolf and a grubby cat from Brooklyn. And then there’s you. So maybe you should have done something about it yourself — eidolon.”

Sylvain drew his lips back, golden eyes boring into mine.

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