Tamed by Air: Book 4 of the Nature Hunters Academy Series by Quinn Loftis

Author:Quinn Loftis [Loftis, Quinn]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Quinn Loftis Books, LLC
Published: 2022-08-29T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter

Eight

"There has to be another explanation. I know it. But I also know the rules of Osiris’s spell. It leaves no wiggle room. And I know my soul is being ripped in two. The only way that could be happening is if… Well, I’m not going to think about it. If I do, the thought will send me somewhere dark—a place from which I cannot return." ~Ra

Ra couldn’t breathe. The four walls were shrinking, like the bars of a cell, caging him in. He had given voice to his suspicion, and now he knew he’d made a mistake. He shouldn’t have given the thought so much as a tiny toehold in his mind.

“She wouldn’t cheat!” Tara roared at him, the sting of her hand still on his cheek. He heard Elias’s voice attempting to calm her, though the words were muted and indistinguishable. Ra couldn’t focus on anything other than trying to keep the flames inside of him from burning the building down around him. He needed to get outside. Now.

He held up his hand and opened a portal without even thinking about where to go. Vaguely, Ra heard his friends shouting his name, but he ignored them and stepped through, closing the portal immediately behind him so they couldn’t follow. His control was gone. They weren’t safe around him; no one was.

His feet hit the ground at the same time his body lit up like a torch. Ra did not know where he was, only that he was surrounded by trees. Praying to Mother Gaia that there were no humans around, he released his rage.

Flames exploded outward from his body. For a moment, his power flew unchecked in all directions, the heat sucking all the oxygen from the surrounding area. But suddenly his power slammed against something solid.

Ra turned to find Viscious, the dark fire king, standing behind him a few yards away. The king held his own fire—dark and oily—against Ra’s bright flames. Ra’s eyes widened, and he pushed his flames harder, but they gained no ground against the dark king’s magic. The pharaoh drew in all of his power and channeled it toward Viscious. The flames flowing outward from Ra’s body coalesced into a single channel of flame. Viscious grinned. The two elementalists were like swordsmen locked in combat, each pushing their magic forward, but neither able to move the other.

“What have we here?” Viscious hummed, his voice sounding much too pleased for Ra’s taste. The king should be speaking through gritted teeth, not chatting as if he’s conversing over a cup of coffee. “A baby pharaoh has fallen right into my lap. And ooh, what’s this?” The dark king’s eyes widened, and his grin grew even wider. “I’ve known many elemental royals in my time, pharaoh, but I’ve seen precious few with eyes as black as yours. No, no, no, little pharaoh, you look much more like a demon than an elementalist. This is a pleasant surprise, indeed.”

Ra looked around quickly, not wanting to take his eyes off of the dark king for more than a second.

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