Syndrome of Mortality (Break of Breath Book 2) by Eden R. Souther

Author:Eden R. Souther [Souther, Eden R.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Crystal Heart Imprints
Published: 2018-07-15T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter 18

An overwhelming sense of loss pervaded his senses, threatening to bowl him over. The feeling rooted him in place and numbed everything else. He could barely see more than a few feet in front of him, and even that was a blur. There was nothing to smell, nothing to hear. The faint shape of a cross loomed on the ground before him. None of the letters seemed to make sense, no matter how hard he tried.

The world shifted as he blinked, like someone had changed the channel.

Before him was an elf: Winter. He could see the white hair atop the elf’s head. Those blue eyes pierced him, as though they saw right through to his core. His lips moved, as though he was trying to say something. He was desperate. Pleading, but no sounds escaped him. As he watched, the elf’s eyes lit up like the moon. Matching markings spread along his body, fanning out across his porcelain skin. Gone was any emotion from his face. He barely even breathed. It was as if he’d turned into living marble.

Another change, and pure blackness surrounded him.

A woman’s voice drifted across the field. Ravin jerked back as he sought her location. He knew it, but, couldn’t identify the speaker. There was no source.

When he turned back, everything was different. A dorm? There were beds, and people milling about. A boy with black hair and dull blue eyes grinned up at him. Pain stabbed through his chest.

He lurched away from the image, and it cut to black. Urgency shot through him. There was something he had to do. Something that he’d promised to do. Something he’d long since forgotten to do. What was it? People were relying on him. Someone important was relying on him. This was someone’s future on the line.

But who?

And what had he forgotten?

Before him stood Iraldin. His long black horns glowed, despite the lack of light. There was nothing but hatred in his grey eyes. His body twitched, then he lunged forward. Those deadly fingers wrapped around Ravin’s throat in a flash. His attacker shouted something, but Ravin couldn’t understand what was said.

Ravin shot up in bed, panting. He clutched at his neck to free it from the iron vice. A breath of relief escaped him when he realized it had just been a dream. The fragments were already disappearing from his mind, even as he tried to grasp for them.

His whole body was covered in a cold sweat. A quiet feeling of unease passed through him. What on Eartha had that been?

Michelle was unconscious beside him, blissfully unaware of the insanity going on in his head. That was good. She deserved the rest. Floating around her brain was a dream involving ice cream and mounds of candy floss. She was charging around the candy cane forests on a baby elephant dragon, which was an elephant with dragon wings, and not even remotely real.

A smile tugged at Ravin’s lips. Of course she had something adorable like that going on in there.

Download

Copyright Disclaimer:
This site does not store any files on its server. We only index and link to content provided by other sites. Please contact the content providers to delete copyright contents if any and email us, we'll remove relevant links or contents immediately.