Defiance by Sadie Moss

Author:Sadie Moss [Moss, Sadie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-02-05T16:00:00+00:00

14

Callum grips my waist firmly, pressing our bodies flush together. All three men pluck at the weave, preparing to move away from the threat. The familiar tingle of weave magic touches my skin, and I relax against Callum’s strong embrace, not even angry that he’s carrying me this time.

His cold distance from earlier today has vanished, and to be honest, just having his arm around me is enough to make me ignore the annoyance I once felt at the manhandling. When I was bemoaning his distance while we traveled to Caelfall, it never occurred to me I would one day see his domineering hold as a sign of affection.

But it certainly feels that way now.

We’re not fast enough though. Before we can make our first leap to safety, the bedroom door crashes open.

The hinges buckle under the force, and the door slams against the wall, dangling sideways with a crack down the center of the solid oak. A massive creature with gray fur and sharp, bared teeth looms in the doorway. I recoil as I realize it’s some kind of hellhound—or at least, that’s what it looks like. Its eyes are a vicious yellow, and its hackles are raised. The beast has paws bigger than my head and claws nearly as long as my dagger’s blade. The ungodly snarls emitting from its huge barrel chest are enough to make the blood run cold in my veins.

“Go! Now!” Callum commands, shoving Paris.

Then we’re on the move.

Callum travels so quickly that everything blurs around us. I have a moment to admire his stealth and speed, and I’m so lost in the flurry of activity that we’ve made two leaps before I realize something has gone wrong. There are yells raised behind us—Paris and Echo, their voices bleeding in and out on the quickly changing landscape. Not raised in pain, but in a combination of anger and panic.

That’s when I realize the beast’s snarls, which should have been left behind in the inn, have followed us.

I peek over Callum’s shoulder, watching the blur of space passing around us for a glimpse of either man. When Paris pops into view behind our next leap, terror rushes over me.

Oh, farse.

The hound-like beast has latched on to Paris’s tunic and is traveling the weave with us.

On the bright side, the magic forces us to travel so fast that the beast can do nothing but hold on for dear life with its legs flopping uselessly behind it. Despite its massive size and bulk, it flutters like a flag on the breeze while Paris flies through the weave. The whole scene would be quite comical, if the creature wasn’t such a threat.

I know when we stop, and the massive wolf-creature finds purchase on the ground again, we’re in for a deadly fight.

“Trouble!” I shout, hoping Callum can hear me over the rushing of wind in our ears.

Thankfully, he doesn’t miss my warning, though he doesn’t try to respond either. The speed of weave-travel is enough to take one’s breath away, so words didn’t have much space to maneuver between us.

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