Academy of Lost Souls by K N Lee

Author:K N Lee [Lee, K N]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Dragon Roots Emporium
Published: 2019-08-19T16:00:00+00:00

11

A few sheeries had followed us through the woods.

Their winking lights glinted from flecks of mica embedded in the tree. That’s when I realized that it was actually covered in stone.

Somewhere along the way, the path had changed to cobblestones under our feet. The great wooden door, studded with squares of beaten metal, swung open.

Rhys gestured toward the open door. “After you.”

“Uh, no,” I said. “After you.”

“Very well.”

I followed Rhys from the forest and into a long narrow tunnel. The chill in the air was even stronger once we stepped onto the moist dirt floor.

I kept close, not wanting to get left behind.

It was much bigger inside than one could tell from outside. And, we walked down a series of tunnels that were completely dark aside from the orbs bouncing around Rhys, and my sight of the life-force around us.

“Where are we?”

“Underground,” he said.

“I figured that,” I said. “But, why are we here?”

He glanced back. “To see the Ancient,” he said, nonchalantly, as if I was supposed to know who she was.

I rubbed the gooseflesh on my arms and kept close, almost an inch from his back as we walked a series of maze-like tunnels.

“The Ancient?”

He nodded. “She’s a faerie elder. She’s been around since the beginning. She knows everything.”

As I walked in, wringing my hands, I thought about what would happen to my sisters if I ended up dead.

I inhaled as I met Rhys’ ethereal eyes and prayed that I wasn’t making a huge mistake by trusting him.

We came to wide space, with candles lining the room, and a woman sitting in the center.

“Go, on,” he said. “She’d been waiting for you.”

My skin tightened and I felt fear rise. My breath caught in my throat and I stared in awe at the woman before me.

Rhys stood beside me with his hands folded before him. “Don’t be shy,” he said, brushing his shoulder against mine.

Her aura was purple, as was her long hair that draped over broad shoulders. She looked just as her name hinted.

Ancient.

But, not in a way that took anything away from her beauty. Though her skin had deep wrinkles, there was a stunning woman looking back at me.

Narrow eyes the brightest blue I’d ever seen looked up at me.

“Sit down.”

A smile came to her full lips as she looked me over, her hair gently swaying around her face as if a breeze came in.

Her voice echoed along the walls of the room, and inside of my head.

Hesitantly, I sat before her on the hard-packed dirt floor.

“What a glorious day this has been,” she said as she leaned forward for a better look at me. “The Half-Blood Princess has arrived.”

Half-Blood Princess?

I glanced over my shoulder to Rhys. “What is she talking about?”

He nodded his head to the Ancient. “Ask her, Skylar. I’m just as in the dark in all of this as you. I thought I was just coming to collect yet another mage. I had no clue you could be her.”

“Yes, Skylar,” the Ancient said. “I’ve been studying you for some time now.

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