Vanquished by Andy Lewter

Author:Andy Lewter [Lewter, Andy]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 978-1-62135-605-9
Publisher: Clean Reads
Published: 2017-06-25T04:00:00+00:00

17

I blankly glanced around my surroundings as I remained hidden behind a tree. The evening had descended into early morning, and a heavy mist hissed and trickled against my cold, shivering skin. My senses told me Nicholas was distant now, but I wanted to stay hidden just in case.

I considered myself lucky. Thanks to supremacy, my body deflected Nicholas’ lightning bolt — his gift. I started reminiscing about every time supremacy had gotten me out of a bad situation. The day the Russian Valens held me up by the throat and tried to electrocute me, the red-hot Valens girl who tried to burn me, Kayla with her mind games, and now Nicholas.

Anger and betrayal pulsed through my body like an unforgiving freight train. How dare that man! After the current from the lightning strike broke, I ran without looking back. I’m not even sure he saw me run — my sole intent was to run far and fast.

My clothes weren’t as fortunate, and they lay tattered and burnt against my skin. I was pinching off a fragment of seared fringe from my pants when I felt the presence of someone getting close.

Silently standing, I scaled up the tree and hid within the cover of leaves and branches. It was still dark, but an acquired Valens could see well even in the lowest light. Holding my breath, I set my eyes in the direction they were coming from.

It wasn’t Nicholas — of that I was certain. But after what he’d done to me, I was left conflicted, with a dark cloud of trust issues.

A tall frame adorned with chestnut brown hair came into sight a moment later. I was so happy that tears sprang to my eyes in the next instant. Twigs snapped and popped as I loudly dropped from the tree. “Miles,” I choked, nearly inaudible.

“Abby,” he said like a prayer, barreling toward me the second he saw me. When he reached me, he gripped my shoulders and eyed me with wide, apprehensive eyes. “Are you hurt?” his voice cracked with emotion as he gulped in the sight of my scorched clothes.

Smiling wide with steady tears falling down my cheeks, I looked into the eyes of my best friend. My love. “I’m okay.”

Releasing his breath in a quick rush, he scooped me up into his arms and squeezed me flush against his body. The comforting scent of sea and leaves assailed my senses, and I smiled wider as I buried my nose into his broad chest. “I was so worried…” he whispered, then pulled away to meet my eyes.

The sun was about to come up, and the muted grays in the clouds started to tint with color. “Nicholas is gone. He was an emotional wreck when he turned up. No one could understand him. Said he needed to learn to control himself — that he really messed up. Moui left with him to calm him down more — she was ready for him, actually. Ray left, too. They told us they’d be back as soon as Nicholas could think straight.

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