Broken Skies (Dragon's Gift: The Storm Book 4) by Veronica Douglas & LInsey Hall

Author:Veronica Douglas & LInsey Hall [Douglas, Veronica]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Publisher: Magic Side Press, LLC
Published: 2021-05-23T16:00:00+00:00

15

Neve

My grandmother’s words replayed in my head as the ether deposited us in Damian’s study: You’ll never know who your true friends are, and who is playing the game.

I recalled how I’d led my life since I’d lost my parents—alone and afraid of trusting anyone, apart from Rhia.

But my father hadn’t chosen that fate, and his voice resounded in my mind: We choose our own paths.

Rhia’s phone launched into a vibrating fit as text messages flooded in. Where was my phone? I’d given it to her before the wish. I searched the study and found it on Damian’s desk, nearly out of battery. I had two missed calls from Zara and several texts.

Where the hells are you? Call me ASAP.

Without bothering to listen to the voicemails, I dialed Zara and put her on speaker phone. Rhia and Damian huddled around to listen.

“It’s about time, Scully. Where have you been?” Zara’s voice was tinged with irritation and anxiety.

“Sorry, I was uh…” Damian cast me a sharp look, and I cleared my throat. “Busy, meeting some old acquaintances.”

Zara had helped us before, but she was Matthias’s daughter. Fates knew she wasn’t trustworthy. Even if my grandmother was a badass djinn queen, I wouldn’t risk Matthias using my parents as leverage.

“Whatever, that’s great.” Zara said sharply. “Things have escalated after your gig in Apollonia. Matthias is pissed!”

I grinned. Of course he was. We cut the power source he was using to stabilize his new realm.

“Anyways,” Zara continued. “I thought you should know that he’s made a pact with the underworld lords to draw magic from the hells. Not sure what exactly that entails, but it has to do with powering his new place or something. They’ve opened some kind of gateway that allows magic and demons to flow through, but he had to weaken the veil to the underworld to do it. Does this make any sense to you?”

My stomach clenched. A pact with the underworld lords and a gateway to the hells. That sounded unbelievably bad. And we’d driven him to it by cutting off his power source at Apollonia.

One step forward, three leaps back.

I tried to calm my voice. “Yeah, that makes some sense. Thanks, Zara, I appreciate the heads up. Anything else?”

“Yup, he’s hunting two genies. One is a dao in some catacombs in one of the realms. And the other is, well, you. Like I said, he’s fucking pissed, and he wants your head, so you better watch out. That’s all I’ve got. Just don’t forget our blood oath, Neve.” Zara hung up before I could respond.

Rhiannon looked up from her phone. “Blood oath? What did you do?”

“I vowed to not kill Matthias. To bring him in alive.”

She sucked wind through her teeth. “Yikes. That might get difficult. What happens if you break the blood oath, and oh, accidently rip the asshole to pieces?”

Damian’s jaw clenched, and rage crept into his gravelly voice. “She’ll suffer from blood poisoning. Her blood will burn her veins for the rest of her life.

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