Cultivating Chaos: Book 2 (VeilVerse: Cultivating Chaos) by William D. Arand

Author:William D. Arand [Arand, William D.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: William D. Arand
Published: 2020-05-06T22:00:00+00:00

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“—certainly can spare some for your older brother,” said Zi Xin.

“No,” Ash said, cutting him off before it went any further. “And you’re not my older brother. Nor are you welcome on Sheng Street, you’ll remember. You’re no longer our house elder.”

“You dare speak to me like that?” groused Zi Xin.

“Yes, I do. And have done so this entire trip. But for whatever reason, you keep coming back,” Ash said and turned his head to glare at the man next to him. The other masters who were traveling with Ash’s alliance had made themselves scarce. By and large, they kept to themselves, not wanting to associate with the “children”.

Zi Xin was a master in name only, however, and had been relegated to the post of the “in-between” for the two groups.

“You’re like a monkey with its paw stuck in a log, grasping at something it doesn’t deserve,” Mei hissed. “You can’t just let go of what you want. You’ll suffer for that choice.”

“How d—”

“Dare she? Yes. You’ve said that,” Yue growled, giving her horse a flick of its reins and pushing it up between Zi Xin and Ash. “Many times. Go away, dog. Or I’ll just challenge you myself, here and now. And then you can answer to someone as to why you fought a little girl who isn’t beyond Body Refining. Win or lose, that doesn’t sound like something good.”

Zi Xin lifted his chin up, sniffed, and then pulled at his horse. Angling off toward where the other masters were.

“We should just kill him,” Tala growled. “He won’t be missed by anyone and I doubt anyone would even notice it.”

Since learning that they would be traveling into an overlap that lined up with Kin territory, Tala had been increasingly agitated. She wasn’t unbearable, but she was definitely heading in that direction.

And quickly, too.

“I agree. Kill him, lover. For me. I don’t like him, or how he looks at me,” Moira declared. Sitting atop her horse, she looked more than a little put out. She’d insisted often enough that she would rather fly. The Realm Lord’s master had ordered against it as soon as her wings had opened, however. “Or how he looks at Mei.”

“He does look at Mei in a way even I don’t like. We should put him in the ring and let Tai kill him,” Locke said. “Oh. And you’re in luck. The overlap is up ahead.”

Huh? Where? I can’t te—Oh. Is… is that it?

Looking far ahead, Ash could see what appeared to be a dull shimmer in the distance. Almost like a heat-shimmer, but with a dark-gray tone to it.

“Yes. That’s it. Let’s hope there aren’t any Veil-portals yet. Those are the points where the Veil-Wraiths cross over.”

Chewing at the inside of his cheek, Ash slowly turned in the saddle.

Spotting Chunhua and Na, Ash waved them over.

“Hey,” Ash said when the two women pulled their horses closer. “Overlap is up ahead. You can see it if you look for that gray shimmer. Start spreading the order that we’re going to camp outside of it and set up a base.

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