Tipped in Frost and Blood: New Adult Paranormal Fantasy Romance (Shadow and Moonlight Series) by Luna Laurier

Author:Luna Laurier [Laurier, Luna]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2023-12-18T16:00:00+00:00

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CASSIE

There was a different energy surrounding The Outpost as I sat in quiet observation, resting from the morning’s training. Recruits still sparred. Zephyr, Thalia, Barrett, and Damien still oversaw their matches, still corrected their stances and missteps. Despite that, I could feel an odd sense of excitement in the air, the warm and ticklish feeling falling over my skin like the sun’s rays in the spring when the residual cold of winter lingers, wishing to stay a bit longer.

What had happened? What had I missed?

I shifted on the bench where I’d sat to take a break. It had been nearly a week since I’d fallen in my first attempt at the obstacle course, and I’d failed another attempt at the rock wall a few hours earlier. It had taken every bit of will power to try it again, the fresh fear of it leaving me shaking as I grabbed hold of the first rock. I’d at least managed to avoid the trip wire in the pits.

As my eyes drifted across the training yard, Zephyr briefly met my gaze, but he quickly averted his eyes, and I frowned at the awkward look on his face. Was he okay? Had something happened? Then as I saw Thalia and Barrett working with their own recruits, I realized someone was missing.

Vincent was nowhere to be seen. He hadn’t been there during the course training earlier either. I figured he might have been tending to something else on the training grounds, but he wasn’t here still.

My stomach dipped. Was Anna okay? Did something happen to her and the baby to keep him from training? No. I couldn’t let myself think like that. Damien would have told me if anything had happened, and I knew if anything had, all of us would be wherever they were.

The sounds of The Outpost quieted as my eyes drifted to the trees surrounding us, blanketed in fresh snow. It was so peaceful, something about the forest beckoning me to wander. I nearly gave into it as something brushed at the edge of my mind, soft and warm, and I blinked, my brows furrowing as I thought I saw something move between the trees.

I stood, my feet moving of their own accord as I drifted toward the trees at the edge of the training yard.

Why is it taking so long for you to pick a tree?

I frowned at the sound of Damien’s voice, but when I looked around, he wasn’t standing beside me but clear across the training yard, seeing to the recruits.

It’s just a tree. Pick one already.

This voice was different, annoyed, yet at the same time, it felt almost teasing. It was warm, like a summer breeze, and I couldn’t help but find a strange comfort in it.

You know she can’t just pick any tree.

I blinked, blurred images of two figures standing next to an evergreen tree that stretched toward the sky, full of rich green, needle covered branches.

The same voice filled my ears, teasing once more. It has to be the perfect one.

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