Academy of the Fateful (Cursed Studies Book 3) by Eva Chase

Author:Eva Chase [Chase, Eva]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781989096635
Publisher: Ink Spark Press
Published: 2020-06-24T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter Fifteen

Elias

The blast of energy that exploded between me and Trix and the other guys slammed into my chest so hard it lifted me right off my feet. Before I could so much as flinch, it flung me away from all of them. For a few fleeting seconds, the world narrowed down to a blur and the warble of air past my ears. Then I crashed into the side of the carriage house.

A breath sputtered out of me. I pressed my hands to the ground, my fingers digging into the cool earth instinctively—whether to steady myself or to hold on in case another blast came at me, I wasn’t totally sure.

My vision was still hazy. I blinked hard, and the shapes of the campus reformed around me in the darkness.

What had happened to Trix and the others? I didn’t see them nearby. I moved to heave myself to my feet—and stopped halfway as a wave of dizziness swept through me.

I bowed my head, fighting to regain control over my senses. My legs wobbled beneath me. Just as the strength had leached from my body a couple hours ago when I’d toppled in the basement, weakness seeped through my limbs again. My jaw clenched.

For fuck’s sake, I couldn’t let myself falter now. I’d survived Roseborne’s torments this long. We were so close to breaking free.

I wasn’t going to shrivel up like a dead rose when Trix might need my help.

I clenched my jaw and put all my will into straightening my legs. I managed to stand up, but I immediately swayed back against the wall of the carriage house. My breath hitched. For a long while, I didn’t dare move, knowing the moment I took my weight off the building, my legs would crumple again.

My grandfather’s voice echoed through my head. Get yourself together, Elias. What kind of a man can’t even support himself on his own two feet?

You never had to live through anything like this, I thought back, but I could already imagine his response to that excuse—reminding me of the long journey his family had taken to get to America, of the derision and doubt he’d faced at school, and of how he’d met those challenges and risen above them regardless.

He wouldn’t even be wrong. I was failing right now. How could I offer Trix any protection, let alone help free everyone trapped here, when I couldn’t even peel myself off this fucking garage?

A fresh twinge ran through my chest. That way of thinking wasn’t helping. I inhaled slowly and fully, focusing on the rise of my lungs and the ebb as they deflated with my exhale. One thing at a time. Elias DeLeon didn’t let a bunch of supernatural miscreants dictate his life, even if there wasn’t much of it left. If Jenson could take them on wholeheartedly, they’d better believe I could too.

The tremors gradually faded from my calves and thighs. I eased myself away from the building. When my legs held me up, I tried one tentative step and then another.

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