Season of Sacrifice (Blood of Azure Book 1) by Jonathan Michael

Author:Jonathan Michael [Michael, Jonathan]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Jonathan J Michael
Published: 2021-03-19T22:00:00+00:00

I’ve decided to break free from the hole I’ve been hiding in. I cannot become dormant because I fear the pressures of the world. Because I shy away from my failures. It is time to start anew and face what it is I am so afraid of.

30 Stone

“I

‘ve spoken with the Taoiseach.” Astor pauses a long pause, standing in the doorway of the room she spared me at the Shalesheep Inn.

Is she trying to build suspense? Because it’s just annoying. If her beauty weren’t so influential, I’d have turned my attention elsewhere already. “And?”

“You’re in!” Her voice hits an octave that doesn’t agree with me.

I gape at her. I try to smile alongside her beaming grin, but it’s a false smile. I never have anything this fortunate happen to me. Ever. My life has been full of ineptitudes and misfortunes. But is it even fortune, or am I willingly walking to my death? I am certainly walking away from Jaymes and Goose to start anew. She conspires against me. I know it. Why else would I be accepted into the Academy? Why would I want to be accepted into the Academy? But she is so kind-hearted. And…radiant. Why do I not trust her?

I scratch at my head and brush my hair out of my face, recognizing I haven’t had any time to groom as of recent. My short, wavy, brown hair has become more of a thick rats’ nest. I open my mouth to speak, but nothing comes out. I’m at a loss for words and, at the same time, realize how parched I am. I smack my lips together a few times then attempt to interrogate her.

“I don’t understand.” My voice drums in a low beat. I turn my back to her and look out the window. “How can you waltz into the Academy after however many seasons and lay down a referral of admission without opposition? What’s your relationship to the Taoiseach again?” I turn to face her, waiting for a response.

“Stone?” Her smile flattens and her face burns red. “I’m on your side. I spent a half dozen seasons on the Taoiseach’s campus. Every one of his graduates has a rapport with him. It’s nothing unusual.”

“And why would I be allowed to join the Academy? You didn’t use the McLarin name, did you? And without payment? It’s absurd. There’s something odd going on here. How can I trust any of this?”

“Don’t get too excited about it.”

Is that sarcasm?

“I thought you would be delighted.” Her arms cross.

How is this turning on me? “I am delighted. Well…I have wanted to become a Noxelite since I was a boy. That or to play alongside the Iron Eagles in the Ironball arena. Both of which the Academy will lead me to. But that dream is long gone, thanks to the Taoiseach. You know he’s taken that life from me. I can’t do this, Astor. Even if he doesn’t know who I am, I know who he is. And what he’s done. I cannot just lay that to the side and forget it.

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