Chimera Academy The Complete Collection by Eva Brandt

Author:Eva Brandt [Brandt, Eva]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Independent
Published: 2020-04-01T16:00:00+00:00

August

Following Sphinx’s revelation, everyone fell silent. We stared at one another, not knowing what to say or do. Brendan had already determined that sending an expedition into apsid territory was a fool’s errand. But at the same time, we couldn’t just abandon Selene to those things. Tartarus only knew what they were doing to her. There had to be a way to save her.

I rubbed my temples, trying to chase away my horrible migraine. This was all my fault. If I hadn’t been inside the Sphinx, if I hadn’t connected with her, Sphinx wouldn’t have gotten distracted. She would’ve sensed Selene much sooner. But a tamer couldn’t pilot a chimera without a neural link. I’d gotten over my discomfort over our lack of compatibility, but that didn’t change the ultimate consequences.

A familiar voice wriggled into my head, snapping me out of my musings. “It’s not your fault, August. You can’t blame yourself for what happened. You couldn’t have known she’d be there.”

It was Charybdis. She still sounded weak, but she was undoubtedly awake. For good or ill, we’d accomplished our mission. Our chimeras had killed and consumed enough Terrans that Charybdis had stirred from her dormant state.

If the price for her awakening hadn’t been so high, I would’ve sobbed in relief. I was so happy that she was awake, but at the same time… At the same time, a part of me felt it hadn’t been worth it. I hated myself for the thought, but I couldn’t help it.

“It’s a natural thought, hatchling,” Charybdis said. “You’ve just lost your most treasured broodmate. You want her back. I’m not offended for you prioritizing her over me. But don’t lose hope. We still have a chance to save her.”

“Do you have any suggestions then?”

“I might. But you all need to calm down and come back to Tartarus Base. For the moment, no one knows the mission went sideways, and I think it’s better for things to stay that way.”

She was right. As long as our superiors didn’t realize Selene was missing, we had a better chance of going after her. Tartarus only knew King Philip would never authorize an official operation to find and free her.

Maybe Brendan realized this as well, because he gestured for us to get back to work. “All right. Let’s wrap things up here. Torch the rest of the settlement. Don’t leave any building standing. We need to hurry back and come up with a plan before anyone realizes Selene is missing.”

Sister Anya and the remaining Terrans gasped and stumbled away from us, having obviously not expected that. I was surprised they hadn’t used the opening to attack us and pay us back for what we’d done. But they were just civilians and their attempts to protect themselves had been pathetic. It was laughable that The Grand Judiciary had even bothered to send our unit after them. The four of us, on foot, could have probably taken out everyone in the village without too much trouble.

They did try their best this time around, and the ground started to shake as the priestesses summoned their gift.

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