The Sorcery Trial (The Faerie Race Book 1) by J.A. Armitage & Claire Luana

Author:J.A. Armitage & Claire Luana [Armitage, J.A.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Live Edge Publishing
Published: 2019-06-30T23:00:00+00:00

15

Getting to Genevieve wasn’t as easy as I’d expected. Every time I got close, she waltzed off in another direction, or another enchanted dancer scooted between us.

The dancers whirled around me in a kaleidoscope of color and bodies. Now that I was up close, I could see the lines of pain etched into their faces. How long had they been dancing like this? The heat of the bonfire reminded me of the wall of flame at the auditions and in some ways, getting to Genevieve and Zee was similar to the obstacles I’d dodged back then. Just grasping at them was doing nothing. I needed a plan. Taking a step back, I assessed the situation.

There was a perfect symmetry to the dancing, a pattern. It took a few minutes to figure out as everyone changed partners so often, but it was definitely there.

“Time is ticking,” growled Orin from over my shoulder. “And there’s no way you’ll get to them. Let’s just go and pretend we never saw them.”

“There’s a way through,” I muttered, ignoring Orin.

He opened his mouth to make what I’m sure was some smart-ass retort, but his words were lost to me as I dove into the dancing throng, taking the arms of a male faerie who looked to be on the verge of tears. He seemed surprised to have a new partner, and for a second, his eyes lit up.

“It’s nice to have a change,” he sighed. “It’s just a shame a pretty little thing like you got caught. I’m still hungry you know. So not worth it.”

I was just about to take exception to him calling me a pretty little thing—for a start, I was a good foot taller than him—but the partners were changing again, and I found myself in the arms of a very tall and very ugly woman.

“I wouldn’t mind,” she said in a very gruff voice, “but if I’d known I’d be dancing, I’d have worn different shoes.”

I gave her a lame smile, wondering where she found shoes her size. I also wondered how many times these people had started a conversation only to be sent spinning into another person’s arms to start all over again. I was pretty sure what she’d just said to me was only half of the sentence. I opened my mouth to say something back to her when a spit of fire blasted past me with a screech. It was only when I turned my head that I realized it was Zee, but she had already disappeared back into the crowd.

Zee was not who I was aiming for. When I’d started watching for a pattern, Genevieve was the one I’d seen first, and it was her I was planning to get to. I’d worry about Zee afterward. Two more partners and I was finally face-to-face with her. I had less than a minute to free her before she’d once again be thrust into another dancer’s hands.

I grabbed hold of the top of each of her arms tightly and tried pulling her through the crowd.

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