Warrior Beautiful by Wendy Knight

Author:Wendy Knight
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: Astraea Press, LLC
Published: 2013-10-13T21:00:00+00:00

Chapter Nine

Scout felt him before she was awake enough to realize he was there. Safe. Safe and warm and even though everything ached, her heart, for a brief second, didn’t. And then she had to admit she was conscious and that life still sucked. Lil Bit was still gone. Trey had still hurt her. Soul stealers were still out there stealing.

“Time to get up, Princess.”

Scout’s eyes flew open and her gaze leaped to each window, but Ashra wasn’t there. Her heart fell. She had hoped for a second that Ashra had forgiven her. Instead, she was apparently dreaming while awake, which didn’t make any sense.

“Just because I’m not peeping through your windows like a crazy horse doesn’t mean I’m not out here. Torz can’t be stronger than me. He’s practically a baby. Not even two hundred years old. Get your tail up. We’ve got training to do.”

Scout grinned. “I knew you’d come back.” She snaked her way out of Trey’s arms, careful not to wake him. He still slept soundly, eyelashes dark against his tan skin, and she forgot Ashra waiting outside. For just this moment, she allowed herself to not hate him, to love him and to watch him sleep. Her fingers, against her will, reached out, brushing against his cheekbone and down his jaw. He stirred, leaning into her hand, and she jerked it away. He couldn’t know. He could never know she still loved him. She’d die first. So she kneed him in the side. “Get up. They’re waiting for us.”

He gasped, his eyes flying open, and she pushed herself to her feet and stalked out. “I can’t just munch on grass, Ashra. I need food. Human food. Where do I get that?” she asked, thrilled beyond belief that Ashra waited a few yards from the hut, beautiful wings stretched against the breeze.

Ashra snorted, shaking her head, and for a second Scout forgot she was anything but a horse, shining in the sunlight. For just that second, her mane looked like real horsehair. But then her horn lit up, sparking flames, and the fire shot across the distance separating them, catching the grass on fire. “I am not a horse.”

Scout swore under her breath and looked for something to beat the fire out with, since she was shoeless.

Ashra whinnied and shook her head, motioning toward a smaller hut on the other side of Iros’. “He keeps human food in there.”

Scout glanced at the fire at her feet and raised an eyebrow. Ashra’s mane wisped over and smothered the flames.

“That is awesome,” Trey said, appearing in the doorway behind her. She glanced over her shoulder and resisted the urge to smile. He looked rumpled and gorgeous, running a hand through his short, dark hair.

“She’s got nothing on me.” Torz appeared like a dark wraith in the trees to the right of them, his horn glowing hot in the shadows. “If I wanted, I could start the whole place on fire and put it out without leaving any ashes behind.

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