Trial of Three: Power of Five, Book 3 by Alex Lidell

Author:Alex Lidell [Lidell, Alex]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Danger Bearing Press
Published: 2018-09-25T16:00:00+00:00

16

Tye

Tye was going to kill Klarissa, he decided as he watched Lera sob in pain. He was going to tear the whole damn world apart for making him do this to Lera. For putting the lives and safety of others beneath his care. For making him re-taste a world he’d shut the door on centuries ago.

“Focus on your body; the magic will come later,” Tye said, feeling the stream of power she radiated twitch and retreat beneath the strain. It was amazing, truly, to sense her echoing his own power, the feeling of it as palpable to him as his own. The key difference being that Tye enjoyed pushing his body to its limits. “Let your muscles yield to the pressure.”

The lass was shaking now, thinking herself at a limit that she was still far from. The hitched sobs escaping her throat seared right into Tye’s soul.

Tye felt Klarissa’s eyes burning into his shoulders. Especially with Elidyr here, the elders would know if he let Lera off easy—and the retribution would not be pleasant. Klarissa had made that point clear enough.

And the day was already bad enough without that. The mere sight of the familiar equipment, the soft grunts of athletes, the smell of the chalk he’d used to help keep his grip on the bar, flooded Tye with memories he’d worked hard to push away. Made his body thirst for more, even if that more was poisoned.

“Tye, stop.” Lera’s words escaped between desperate pants. Her beautiful fiery brown hair was in wild disarray, some tendrils plastered to her face with sweat. Her creamy skin was blotchy with exertion. The magic was slipping away from her, but her muscles couldn’t escape Tye’s pressure.

“Easy, lass. Take a breath.” He tried to make his voice soothing, the only comfort he had to offer her as, instead of doing as she asked, he pulled her arms further toward him. “It’s better if you breathe.”

He doubted she could hear him just now, likely busy as she was planning his demise. The worst part of this damn morning was that it was working. Lera’s supple curves responded beautifully to his demands, her magic and muscles yielding better than anyone he’d ever worked with. Not that she’d think so.

Lera sobbed silently, her back arching in a fruitless attempt to escape the burning agony. Her body begged for a reprieve, but although Tye could see the words forming and reforming on her lips, they never came. Not because Lera trusted the exercise, but because she no longer trusted him. She’d asked once. She knew that he knew her request—and was ignoring it.

Tye’s jaw tightened. No one sane ever coached a lover, and this was why. Another minute, Tye decided, and then he’d let her rest while he ran the others through the earlier target exercise. At least two of the remaining seven fae had a chance of passing it.

They didn’t pass, though one—the tall second-trial named Yalis—came close on his second try. Yalis now studied the course for a third attempt, a spark of intrigue flashing in his eyes.

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