Warrior Everlasting by Wendy Knight

Author:Wendy Knight [Knight, Wendy]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Astraea Press, LLC
Published: 2014-05-29T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Fifteen

Trey swung his scepter, his attack melding with Torz’s, not winding around each other like Ashra and Scout’s did, but actually seeping together until it was one very powerful attack. These creatures weren’t souled, but there were so many. So many, and many more still coming. The skies as far as Trey could see were black with soul stealers. They would never be able to fight them all off.

Especially with Ashra’s weaker magic. Without Scout, she was just another unicorn. Crazier, braver, more passionate than most. But not more powerful.

He watched as she raced across the sky, her horn ramming through one, two, then three soul stealers, impaling them until they burst into a bloody mess of ash and bone. And Trey thought maybe crazier, braver, more passionate might be enough.

Until he looked up. And saw the darkening skies even as the pale sun rose. Too many. There were too many.

“We can’t fight them, Ashra. We’ve got to run!”

“Run where, exactly? We can’t get out of here, Torz. And even if we could—” Ashra paused in her tirade to rip the head off the demon closest to her, using her razor-sharp teeth. “Even if we could, I’m not leaving without her.”

Torz snorted, frustrated. His horn seemed to feed off his anger, his flames brighter, faster, more powerful than before, and Trey joined him. He put everything into his attacks. His pain, his fear, his complete desperation. And his anger. So much anger.

He counted thirteen demons as they fell from the sky under his and Torz’s onslaught.

“See? Keep that up, boys. We’ll be fine.” Ashra’s voice was far too optimistic for the situation.

If Trey didn’t know better, he’d think she was enjoying this. She wasn’t using her magic, much. She was using her size and her fiery wings and her sharp, sharp hooves. Like she wanted to tear them all apart, up close and personal.

“Ashra has a lot of anger issues,” Trey called to Torz.

“So do you. Let’s use them, shall we?” Torz shot up through the air, big wings pumping, sparks exploding from the feathers, igniting anything that came too close.

Trey swung his scepter down hard, snapping the claw reaching for Torz’s side. The creature screamed, and Trey shot a blast of fire into its open mouth. The head exploded, as did the demon right behind it, and they both fell. Over and over, he threw out attacks and soul stealers fell from the sky, until his arms ached and he was covered in blood — theirs and his and Torz’s. Ashra’s wings were failing as she tipped and swayed in the air, but she didn’t stop fighting.

“Torz! Ashra! We’ve got to run!” Trey screamed to be heard over the shrieks of the Taraxippus.

Ashra’s ear flicking toward him was the only indication she’d heard him. She didn’t pause in her attacks, even as her wings stuttered and she fell lower.

“Ashra, we’re done! Run!” Torz pushed her, hard, and she tumbled through the sky, regaining her balance just before she hit the earth below.

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