Spearwood Book One by A.S. Oren

Author:A.S. Oren [Oren, A.S.]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Publisher: Rook Hilt Publishing
Published: 2016-01-09T05:00:00+00:00

Miss Nezbit blows a kiss as she walks through the Void before her, which stands against one of the white, wooden pillars. We won’t see her again until Monday. At least Edgar doesn’t make us have school during the weekends, too.

Edgar turns to face us, red stains his cheeks. “Today you’ll be spending the night out there. I taught you yesterday how to dress a kill outside. Avalon, you can use your talons to cut it open.”

I nod.

“The fire will be your source of warmth. However, like I said yesterday, you won’t always be given things to make a fire. Especially when you’re in your final years at Spearwood. Thus, you must rely solely on your powers to create your resources. You have the basic skills mastered to do this. It shouldn’t be at all hard for you four.”

Jericho raises his hand. “So you’ll come get us at dawn, right?”

Edgar nods. “You know the trail to get back home. If you get injured or can’t make it through the night, I want you all to come back here. This is just the beginning of your training for survival in Spearwood. I don’t expect you to succeed the first time out there alone.”

The burn of ire enters my chest. I want to prove him wrong, tell him we can do it. I know I can, but I’m used to the bitter cold. The guys, on the other hand, aren’t. Will they be able to make it the whole night?

Paden steps forward. “I know we can do it on the first night. We have each other to rely on. There’s no reason we shouldn’t be able to do it.”

Edgar lifts an eyebrow at him. “Well, that’s a good sign of confidence from a leader, Paden. The rest of you will take his lead on this.”

“Yes, sir,” we say in unison.

Edgar points to the door. “Head out.”

We leave, and enter the almost blizzard conditions of the outside. My bare feet sink into the soft top layer of snow.

Paden comes to walk next to me, his rubber boots crunching through the snow. “I don’t understand how you can do that. Walk in the snow with no shoes of any kind.”

I shrug. “I’ve never liked shoes, and I find it’s easier to walk through the snow like this. Less weight to drag through the snow.”

Maverick walks on my other side and wraps his arms around his body. “I don’t get how the cold doesn’t faze you. You’re a fire user. Shouldn’t the cold and wet be like the bane of your existence?”

“I don’t know. I don’t know how any of this works. I just know it doesn’t affect me in the least. Maybe I’ve built up a resistance to it because of all the years I’ve been sleeping out in the snow. In dragon form, I don’t feel the cold at all.”

Jericho sniffs from behind us. I glance over my shoulder as he rubs his red nose against the sleeve of his jacket. “Can we

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