Mine Series Box Set by Janeal Falor

Author:Janeal Falor
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Chardonian Press

Chapter 77

The next morning I’m on my way to check the schedule when Lukas pulls me over to an empty tent. His grip is tight but not painful. With his free hand he takes off his glasses, holds them with his middle finger, and pinches the bridge of his nose.

“What’s wrong?” I ask, my magic skittering about inside me.

He huffs, puts his glasses back on, runs a hand through his hair, and paces the tent. It’s the first time I’ve seen him without any hint of a smile and definitely the first time I’ve seen him pacing like Zade. The whole process has me skittish. Something must be seriously wrong for him to act like this. My sisters were fine when I left home. Zade was with them. Chadwick is with me, now waiting outside the tent, and Lukas looks, well, he looks as distractingly good as ever. Which is not the point. The point is that something is seriously wrong.

“Please tell me what’s going on. All this pacing is making me nervous.”

“Sorry, I just—” His hands open and close. “If we both make it through our first two duels of the day…”

“Yes?”

Finally, he stops, turns to me, and grabs a hold of my shoulders. His touch sends a thrill through me, but the touch is tainted with fear because of how tight his fingers grip me. It’s not painful, but urgent. “They’ve paired us to fight each other.”

Air rushes out of me, taking my grasp on remaining calm with it. I knew this might happen, knew it was a possibility, but was hoping it wouldn’t happen. There are many other warlocks in the tournament from all over Chardonia and other countries. It’s day three, so many duelers have been eliminated but still, the odds of us being paired against each other shouldn’t have been against us. Did someone set us against each other on purpose?

“I’ll forfeit.”

He’s serious. But not only would it leave me feeling guilty, it’d make him miss out on his chance. “You can’t. You didn’t come here to give up on everything. And having me win by default is not winning at all.”

“But we can’t fight against each other.”

I most definitely don’t want to kill him, but we have dueled together many times. “Why not? We do it all the time.”

“Practice is different. I won’t risk hurting you.”

“And I won’t hurt you either, but we can’t just give up. You said yourself that in Chryos they don’t allow you to kill each other. This is something we can do. Not only that, but we need to see it through. Fairly. You refusing to fight me is just as bad as those who won’t let women fight in the first place.”

His hands slide down my arms and take a hold of mine. “I’m sorry. You’re right. I just don’t want to hurt you. I don’t want anything bad to happen to you.”

Tingles start from where his hands touch mine and spread through me. “I promise I won’t cast any life-threatening spells.

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