Moonstone Academy Year One: Mayhem of Magic by Nicole Zoltack

Author:Nicole Zoltack [Zoltack, Nicole]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Nicole Zoltack

I'm in a field with wolfsbane all around me. I can't breathe. My wolf tries to jump, to race through the field to reach one of the towering trees in the distance. Each step has agony searing through my entire body, and I think I'm going to collapse, to fall down, to die, but I refuse to stop fighting. I refuse to lie down and die.

I’m fighting.

Why am I fighting? This pain isn’t worth it.

But I want to live.

Why?

What do I have to live for?

Finally, somehow, despite it feeling like my paws are going to fall off, as if there is a fire burning me from the inside out, I reach the nearest tree.

The branches are too high up, and my claws? They’re all dulled down to nubs. They hardly count as claws, and I can’t get any purchase on the trunk.

The wolfsbane, the pain, the agony…

I’m dying.

I wake, but my heart isn’t pounding, and I feel no fear. I also feel no relief that the nightmare is over.

Because it’s not over. While I might not be trapped in a field covered in wolfsbane, I’m still dying.

A cough sounds from behind me, and I sit up on the grass. I don’t have to sniff or look over to know who is there.

“Tran,” I say.

“Are you making any progress?”

I wince. “I think so.”

“You better start thinking faster, pup. You’re going to be in for it if you don’t get a move on.”

“I know,” I mumble. “I’ll get it done.”

“If you don’t…”

“I said I’ll get it done!”

“I heard you, but your actions… They leave a lot to be desired.”

I close my eyes. The moon is still in the sky, hanging low. I’ve slept for a few hours, but dawn is still not yet here.

“Are you trying to tell me that you’re spying on me?” I demand as I open my eyes.

Tran eyes me. The imp is perfectly visible despite the darkness around us. I chose a spot beneath a tall, bushy evergreen so that I would have a fair amount of shade, yet I can still watch the moon’s gradual descent.

His eyes are black and gold, inhuman, and he watches me a moment longer. “You’ve been warned.”

“I didn’t need a warning,” I spit out. “I know what’s on the line.”

“I don’t think you understand the importance of this,” Tran presses.

For once, I hear an undercurrent of fear and worry in his voice. This imp isn't like any other imp I've ever seen. He doesn't make jokes, do pranks, or any of that. He's not a trickster. Why he's so devoid of emotion, I'm not sure. Maybe it’s from hanging around demons too much. That has got to suck the life out of you. Apparently, the emotions too.

“That demon… if he lives… what’s been seen… I know you’re doing this for the curse, but you have to do this for the world.”

I howl with laughter. “For the world? You do realize I’m doing all of this for a demon? A demon who probably isn’t any better than that demon? None of them are good.

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