Draekora by Lynette Noni

Draekora by Lynette Noni

Author:Lynette Noni
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
Publisher: Pantera Press


Twenty-One

“You’re not real,” Alex gasped out. “None of this is real, it can’t be.”

“It’s not real yet,” Kaiden told her. “But only you can stop it from happening.”

“How are you—What are you?” she demanded.

He stepped around to face her. “I’m a manifestation you’ve called forth from your subconscious as a guide.”

She blinked at him. “You’re a what now?”

His lips quirked up at one corner. “You’re in a simulation, Alex. A virtual reality created to show you the plausible future that may occur should you be unsuccessful in defeating Aven.”

Alex looked out at the burning city. “So I was right—none of this is real. It’s just a… hypothetical possibility.”

Kaiden reached out and wrapped his fingers around Alex’s upper arm. The moment he made contact, the world swirled around them and suddenly they weren’t in Tryllin anymore, they were at Akarnae.

Alex wasn’t sure if she was more shocked that she had felt Kaiden’s touch, or at the newest sight in front of her.

Akarnae was a wasteland. If it weren’t for Lake Fee and Mount Paedris, Alex never would have recognised where they were, even though the lake was the colour of blood and the mountain spewed ash high into the sky. But that was nothing compared to the academy itself where all that remained were some crumbled buildings surrounded by destroyed forests.

“Hypothetical or not, I’m here to show you what may become of our future.”

Alex turned from the devastating sight and asked, “Why you?”

Kaiden met her eyes. “You chose me.”

Alex spluttered, “Excuse me?”

“You feel safe with me.”

“I what?”

A confident light came into his eyes. “Go on, Alex. If you can’t admit it to yourself, who can you admit it to?”

“You’re a figment of my imagination,” Alex hissed out. “Literally. I’m so not having this conversation with myself.”

He chuckled, and the sound was so lifelike, so similar to that of the real Kaiden that Alex actually felt a shiver travel down her spine.

“What I said was true,” he claimed. “Your subconscious knew that what you’re going to see here will be traumatic, and that you would need someone you felt safe with to guide you through it.”

“There are plenty of people I feel safe with,” Alex said. “Why are you at the top of the list?”

“Name one,” Kaiden challenged.

“Jordan,” Alex returned instantly, saying the first name that came to mind.

Shaking his head, Kaiden said, “Not true. With him currently Claimed by Aven, your subconscious knows you wouldn’t be safe anywhere near him.”

“That was a bad example,” Alex admitted. “What about Bear? D.C.? I know both of them way better than I know you.”

“And at the moment, after having lost Jordan, you would never have one of them go anywhere with you if it left the other alone for any length of time, virtual scenario or not.”

Alex was unwilling to concede just yet. “What about my parents?”

Kaiden shook his head again. “You wouldn’t put them in any kind of danger, even if it was all in your mind.”

“Darrius. Fletcher. Roka, Kyia, Zain—hell, even Hunter and Karter.



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