Vampire Girl 8 by Karpov Kinrade

Author:Karpov Kinrade [Kinrade, Karpov]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Daring Books

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Wall Of Light

Our break is short-lived. We head back to the Cliff the next day, after a restful sleep in a very comfortable inn, where we each enjoy private rooms, private baths and beds that feel majestic.

It's a bitter pill to swallow, returning to training again, but there's a lightness to our group that didn't exist before. The journey home is full of talking, laughing, sharing stories and training tips. Our squad is finally becoming what I'd imagined when I first arrived.

Family. Of a sort.

We have some free time when we return, and I use it to study more of the books I've borrowed from the library. Somewhere, someone must have written something that gives me a clue as to Pike's whereabouts. Somewhere there must be information that can help me end his reign of tyranny over people's lives. My research lasts late into the night.

That proves a mistake, as I am jolted awake pre-dawn by the bellowing voice of Master Vane.

"Move it," he orders, as my squad-mates wake reluctantly, dressing slowly. It's easier for me. My time in the fire department got me used to waking for midnight calls, dressing and moving fast, so I'm ready first, though Raven is a close second and shows no signs of the sleepiness the others exhibit.

Once again I wonder what kind of life this teen girl has had that this is her norm.

"What's going on?" Landon asks.

"I just received word from the Wall," Vane says. "We have a special training opportunity today, but only if you move fast, Ashlings. Dragons wait for no one."

My heart skips a beat at the word dragons. We're surrounded by their lore, here on the Cliff, and people talk as if they are as real as dogs or cats, but I have yet to see one beyond my own Spirit and Kaden's. And even that was shocking. Dragons! I live in a world where dragons exist. It's electrifying.

He marches out the door, his wolf at his heel, and we follow him down to the stables. "Think we're going to the Wall then?" Enzo asks. His French accent is always thicker when he's tired or drinking, I've noticed.

"Seems so."

He frowns. "But we've hardly any training. Isn't that dangerous?"

Before I can respond, Vane bellows another order to hurry our asses, speeding past on his giant brown horse, his white wolf howling into the dark morning at his side.

I nuzzle Moon, running a hand over the black star on her head, the only mark on her sleek white body, and then mount her and guide her toward the trail.

This isn't a leisurely ride, and my thighs ache as we grow closer to the Wall. A shimmering blue light fills the sky, like shining, iridescent colored glass against the darkness. Before us there is a stone arch that forms a partial circle creating a break in the Wall. Like a gateway. Glyphs that look like High Dracus line the edge, and at the top is carved a crude drawing of a dragon eye.

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