Wings of Fire (The Obsidian Order Book 4) by Katerina Martinez

Author:Katerina Martinez [Martinez, Katerina]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Supernal Publishing
Published: 2019-07-11T05:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER FIFTEEN

“What do you know about the Arena?” Draven asked.

We were keeping to the side streets and alleys to mask our approach. Mercutio had detected two more boundaries like the one we’d crossed earlier, and I’d watched him work his magic on them like he had the first. I could only hope whatever he’d done was working, and we weren’t being lulled into a false sense of security.

“Not much,” he said, “I’ve heard stories, rumors.”

“Any that keep coming back?” I asked.

“Only one. Far as I can tell, the Arena has a strict rule—all challenges must be accepted. They aren’t. They aren’t picky about who fights, but nobody wants to see someone turn down an opponent. The rule is enforced by the magic of the Arena.”

“That’s brutal,” I said. “Why would Darkshard run to a place like that?”

“Because he’s someone who craves power,” Draven said, “What better place to feel powerful than in an Arena where everyone else is either mind-controlled to do your bidding or fighting it out like barbarians? I think Darkshard has had a change of priorities since the last time we saw him. Maybe there’s something here for him.”

“People gamble on these fights. Romeo told me.”

“He must be making money, then.”

“We’d better hurry. Romeo was alive when he sent that voicemail, but something could’ve happened to him since.”

Draven insisted we move to the rooftops to better scout the Arena, but we had Mercutio with us, and he didn’t have wings. Neither did I, but I could at least hop from building to building without too much effort. So, we stuck to the streets, arriving finally at the edge of the old dockyard only to find ourselves facing a tall concrete wall topped with barbs and spikes.

“This place looks like a prison,” I said.

“It’s not meant to keep people inside,” Mercutio said, “The people on the other side of this wall would breeze over it in a heartbeat. It’s to discourage humans from wandering inside.”

“Humans don’t fight?” Draven asked.

Mercutio scoffed. “Like a human would last three seconds against a werewolf.”

Vampires, werewolves, mages… there was a time when we others called Earth the human world. I was starting to learn that the truth was far from it. There were more dark creatures that stalked the nights of this planet than was probably safe from the humans that lived in it.

On our world, Aevians weren’t the only race. We had the Naga, the Trolls, the Spriggan, Elementals, and the Merfolk, to name a few. We, however, at least had magic, and wings to defend ourselves with. What could humans use as protection when a hungry vampire came rushing for them from out of a dark alley?

I thought about these beings now because it was entirely possible I was about to run into one or two of them, and very soon. I had no idea who or what was on the other side of that wall. I couldn’t even say with any certainty whether Romeo and Darkshard would definitely be over there.

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