Magic Captive: A Supernatural Academy Romance (The Velkin Royal Academy Series Book 2) by Emmeline Winter

Author:Emmeline Winter [Winter, Emmeline]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-06-27T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter Seven

Carolyn

“Carolyn. Please. Come with me.”

He didn’t need to ask me twice. With one last look at the rubble of the Castle Bloc, I took Anatole’s hand and let him lead me away.

Well, not so much led me away. Leading implies something nice and gentle, like two lovers moving through the moonlight as they search for a suitable spot to conduct their affair. This wasn’t so much that as it was the prince I loved furiously trying to escape the clutches of his evil brother, while corralling a ragtag group of humans and Velkin courtiers and blasting magic behind us in order to buy time.

We were all running away from the blazing Castle Bloc, all trying to make our way to…well, that’s where I was lost. I would follow Anatole anywhere, I knew that for sure. But if we were going to save the universe, shouldn’t we stay and fight? What happened to biding our time and fighting smart? What happened to Anatole’s plan?

My frayed nerves called hot tears to my eyes as frustration and worry boiled up in me, but I blinked them back. Heroes and leaders didn’t cry, not at a time like this, not when there was still so much work to be done and when so many people were counting on you.

The longer and the faster we ran, Anatole began throwing fewer and fewer spells over his shoulder, until he finally stopped completely, leaving us all submerged in the shadows of the forest. We pressed onward, following him deeper and deeper and deeper into the darkness.

Running towards what? I didn’t know. But I was going to find out.

“Anatole?” I asked, my lungs pulsing with the energy it took to speak and force my legs beneath me at the same time, “Where are we going?”

“I don’t know.” In the shards of moonlight that made their way through the canopy of trees overhead, I could see his eyes. Uncertain. I didn’t like the look of that. “I have no idea. We just can’t stay there with him. None of us can.”

Though Anatole and I had both been sure to keep our voices low, of course Kyra had managed to overhear us. Her face set and grim, she pressed her lips into a thin line and ran up beside us, almost as if she was about to deliver bad news instead of the good new she ended up giving out.

“I know a place that we could go,” she offered.

Behind us, one of the Velkin courtiers scoffed.

“A pixie! I’m not going—”

But Anatole wasn’t having any of their bigotry today. Not now. Not anymore. Throwing a cold, princely look over his shoulder, he nodded to Kyra, giving her control over the situation and allowing her to take the lead.

“Lead the way. We’ll follow. Gratefully.”

And with that, Kyra moved to the front of the pack, leading us away from the path where we’d been running and off into the thick, depths of the forest, where the branches reached out like clawing arms

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