This Is How Immortals Die (World Without Love Book 1) by Hidalgo Nicole

Author:Hidalgo, Nicole
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2023-11-20T00:00:00+00:00

Part II — The Princess

Fate, Show Thy Force

“Come get me, you manky, soft-boned slag!”

“How can you speak like that? If your mother hears—auch!”

The tip of my sword stabbed the ratbag, nullifying the defamatory spell she tried to cast against me. Crocodile tears wet her eyes, but there was no mercy in my heart. I raised my sword, prepared to sever the witch’s head... when the earthquake whacked the island, knocking down me, my adversary, and every sack of bones around us.

“The planet is cracking in half!” I bellowed, struggling to get back to my feet.

“Do you mean like an egg?” Asherah asked, no doubt thinking of her father and how he broke an egg so easily to make his (delicious) cakes. Her white face grew paler with blood leaking from a scarlet slash across her forehead.

“Don’t be a drongo! It’s an earthquake. Poseidon has come to swallow us all!”

I strode through the maze-like village in search of an open area, paying no attention to Asherah’s outraged expression. If everything fell apart, I would not wait for some debris to crush me.

“Ishana...”

“What now?”

“I think my leg is broken,” she whined.

“If it were, you wouldn’t be standing on it, stupid.”

I had no idea where I could go—not like I had many options—or how long until the next tremor, but standing still would give an excuse for weakness to seep into my bloodstream. To disentangle the knot in my guts, I sought pleasure in discovering more hurt people.

But I barely advanced thirty steps before a second quake knocked us over. The wooden sword skidded from my hand. We rolled down the sloping terrain until I smacked my back on a stone wall and Asherah had her collision cushioned by my belly. Numerous cracks racked my body. Pain surged through the fractures. I did not cry. The seagulls would not feed on my agony. My veins were still full from last month’s feast, the healing would be fast.

“My body hurts!” Asherah whimpered like an abandoned bird, and it was all I could do to not break her neck.

“No shit!”

She stared at me in confusion. The gash on her forehead was bleeding. There was nothing to staunch it, but if I didn’t do something, the foolish girl would soon get into a fit of panic. Strictly to avoid this, I covered her wound with my lips, sucking on it.

Asherah looked up at me with wide, horrified eyes. “You’re crazy, Ishana!”

“Oh, to Hades with you!”

A third tremor assaulted the island, louder than the first two. This time, along with the impact, a yellow light arced toward the beach. What the fuck? Then it wasn’t only people falling but houses as well. Rooftops collapsed into themselves, bringing whole structures down like castles of cards.

As soon as the earth stopped shaking, I limped away. Asherah cried for help, falling once more when she tried to run after me. I hurried towards the coast, leaving her to her luck. If the whole place was being consumed by the forces of Nature, we should have boats ready to set sail.

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