Demigods Academy - Book 6: The Day Of Darkness (Demigods academy series) by Elisa S. Amore & Kiera Legend

Author:Elisa S. Amore & Kiera Legend [S. Amore, Elisa]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Amore Publishing
Published: 2020-11-29T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Ten

MELANY

The trip back to the academy was quick. Georgina didn’t appear to be injured, and she insisted on not needing to be looked at, but I was determined to get her to the infirmary so that Chiron could check her out anyway. Since she wanted to see Ren, she could just let the healer do his job while we were there. Gina didn’t argue after that.

When we arrived back at the stables, we put the horses into their stalls and made sure they had food and water. I spent a little more time with Aethon, brushing him down while I figured out how to explain Artemis’s death. I was having a hard time reconciling it in my mind as well.

Silently, I wondered who was going to look after all the animals now. Maybe one of the recruits who had been relegated to her hall. Rosie, maybe.

After we finished with the horses, we flew back to the school. Nerves churned inside me when thinking about entering, because I wasn’t sure Hera wouldn’t be waiting for me with the intention of detaining me anyway. And now, with Artemis’s death, I didn’t know what was going to happen. Maybe it wasn’t the best idea for me to even go near the academy.

I had that thought a bit too late.

The moment we stepped through the main doors, and into the looming foyer that had been so imposing and spectacular since the first day, we were ambushed by Hera and her guards. Prometheus, and a raging Apollo were there too, and it seemed like they had all been waiting for us to arrive.

Apollo was the first to act. He rushed me, eyes wild with fury. “You killed her!”

It didn’t take much to figure out who the her was in this equation. What I wanted to know was how did he know?

I backed away from his grasping hand, setting my right leg back to get into a defensive position. It was instinctual now after years of training. My lightning power rushed to the surface, swirling there, just waiting for me to release it.

Georgina immediately stepped in beside me. “Mel didn’t kill anyone. The white worms cave collapsed, and Artemis couldn’t get out in time.”

“You’re lying!” Apollo growled, “I had a vision. I saw her wrapped in shadows and darkness, suffocating. Only Melany possesses that power since Hades’ death.”

Obviously, that wasn’t true, because I hadn’t killed Artemis. Someone else owned that kind of ability. Hera didn’t, so it definitely wasn’t her down in the worm’s lair. Who was it? I couldn’t even begin to guess. I needed time to figure it out.

“Someone else was in the cave, but I don’t know who.”

Hera sniffed. “Of course she’s going to say that to defend herself.”

“It’s true,” Jasmine argued.

“Did you see this person?” Hera asked, with one eyebrow cocked.

Jasmine swallowed. “I didn’t, but we could hear her voice.”

Apollo wasn’t having it. He wanted revenge on me, I could see it in the way his eyes glowed white hot with violence and rage.

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