The Brightest Embers: A Paranormal Romance Novel (A Broken Destiny Novel) by Jeaniene Frost

Author:Jeaniene Frost [Frost, Jeaniene]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: HQN Books
Published: 2017-12-01T08:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX

WE WALKED FOR what felt like an hour. Not that I was certain it was that at all. With light realms, you couldn’t really be sure what the actual passage of time was, hence it being hours on our end before Zach returned with Jasmine and Costa, although for them, it had been five minutes.

Demon realms had time anomalies, too. In some of them, what was hours in a realm equated to several days in the real world. Sometimes, it was the opposite. Adrian had spent most of his life in demon realms where time slowed to a crawl. It was how he looked to be in his midtwenties yet was actually around a hundred and forty. Demetrius had wanted to make sure that his son had over a century both to hone his skills and to immerse himself in demon culture, all so Adrian wouldn’t hesitate to fulfill his Judian destiny to hand me over to my death.

Some days, it amused me to think about how that plan had backfired on Demetrius.

“Look!” Jasmine said, pointing ahead. “Tents!”

I shielded my eyes and stared in the direction where she pointed. Yep, in the distance, I could see tents. Lots and lots of them. Some were the smaller ones you’d expect to find when camping; some were the size of modest apartments; and some were as large as football stadium domes.

“What is this place?” Adrian asked before I could.

“A refuge,” Zach replied, looking at me when he spoke. “We told you we would care for the humans who were rescued from the Bennington realm. This is where they have been convalescing.”

I was speechless as I stared back and forth between Zach and the tents. The night I’d first used the ancient, hallowed sling, it had been far more powerful than it was now. In one blinding burst, it had killed all the minions and demons in the realm I’d found it in, which—once upon a time—had been Adrian’s former realm. All that had been left after the sling was done were ashes and the realm’s traumatized human slaves. After Adrian and I had helped to get them out, Archons whisked them away, promising to take care of them. Once I knew they’d be okay, I hadn’t really thought about them. Now, here they were.

A loud horn blast suddenly came from somewhere inside the tent village. It sounded like a watchman sounding a medieval alarm, and when the people stopped what they were doing and all turned in our direction, I knew that blast was because of us.

“Why are we here, Zach?” The low, almost growling sound in Adrian’s voice startled me.

Zach, as usual, appeared unperturbed. “As I said, this place has dry clothing, shelter for Brutus, food, water—”

“Bullshit. You did this because of her.”

Adrian clearly meant me, but I didn’t know why. There was a good possibility that none of these people would remember me from that day. Even if they did, they might not recognize me. I think I’d been disguised by Archon glamour back then.

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