Lost in Prophecy: An Urban Fantasy Novel (The Ascension Series) (Volume 5) by S M Reine

Author:S M Reine [Unknown]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
ISBN: 9781496121349
Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Published: 2014-03-16T05:00:00+00:00

Smoke consumed Rylie. She gagged on it hard enough that she slipped to her knees, her only anchor Abel’s strong arm trapped between her hands. She had been fighting the urge to vomit ever since she had seen Crystal and Trevin shifting on the mountain. Now she lost the battle. Everything she had eaten the day before spilled out of her.

Abel jerked her to her feet again. “Don’t stop moving.”

She cupped her hand under her mouth, trying not to get sick all over her clothes. Throwing up didn’t make her feel any better. The illness had taken root deep in her soul.

Sand blasted her skin, exposed by the long white nightgown she had been sleeping in. The healing fever swept over her again and again, struggling to heal her as Dis inflicted damage.

The judgmental faces of her pack haunted her. She could see them in the shape of the smoke as Abel dragged her down the crystal bridge.

“They left us,” she choked out, hot tears streaming down her cheeks.

“Fuck them,” Abel said. His voice was quickly going hoarse as his throat dried out in Dis’s climate. “Fuck every last one of them.”

The wind blew harder, clearing the smoke long enough for Rylie to see the bridge stretching down to the tower and the city beyond. Dis was huge, sprawling, and just as frightening as Rylie remembered. The jagged black mountains looked sharper, meaner, like Levi’s teeth when he was in his wolf form.

There were people advancing toward them from the bottom of the bridge. The guards had spotted their approach and were moving to intercept.

Abel tensed under her hands. “Don’t hurt them,” Rylie said, digging her fingernails into his skin. “These are Elise’s people.”

“Elise’s people? That looks a hell of a lot like the bitch herself.”

She wiped the tears from her eyes and looked again. He was right—Elise was leading a group of men wearing black leather body armor up the bridge, and she was in full battle gear herself, with Seth’s gun at her hip and her hair cinched into a tight knot.

Rylie blinked, and Elise was suddenly standing in front of her. She had crossed the last several thousand yards faster than a heartbeat.

“What happened?” Elise asked, brow furrowing. “What are you doing here?”

“Levi Riese,” Abel growled.

Her upper lip curled. She almost looked like a wolf herself. But when she spoke, her voice was surprisingly gentle. “Good to see you survived.”

“He took the pack,” Rylie said, blinking away her tears, trying to calm herself. “No, he didn’t take the pack—they just went with him. They didn’t want us in charge of them anymore.”

“And you let them kick you out?” Elise asked. “You’re an Alpha werewolf. You’re telling me you couldn’t just change and kill them?”

“Never thought I would agree with you,” Abel muttered.

“I could have changed, yes,” Rylie said, staring at her feet.

“So why didn’t you? Because you didn’t want to hurt anyone? Are you that idealistic?”

Her throat worked as she swallowed. “You wouldn’t understand.”

“Fuck,” Elise said with heat.

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