Phoenix Rising (Invasion #1) by Bethany Shaw

Author:Bethany Shaw [Shaw, Bethany]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Amazon: B01LZJ6XZG
Goodreads: 32456255
Publisher: Bethany Shaw
Published: 2016-10-04T23:00:00+00:00

Chapter Ten

Addison covered her mouth as horror swept over her. The Imanji ship and missile had collided, but Zephyr had been hit with the aftermath. He was falling in a blazing ball of fire and there was nothing she could do to help him. Once again, all she could do was watch in horror.

Even worse, he was going to land several miles from her location. It could take her hours on foot to find him, or his body, once he hit the ground.

She kept her eyes on him, mentally noting where he was in correlation to the trees. But she knew he was falling too fast and the impact was going to kill him.

Tears pricked her eyes and she let them fall, trickling down her cheeks as Zephyr hit the ground. A dust cloud filled the air and Addison gasped, filling her aching lungs with air. Her legs gave out and she collapsed onto the pavement. She buried her face in her knees and sobbed. Zephyr is gone.

Consumed with her grief, she didn’t hear the running motor of a truck until it was barreling toward her. She screeched and hopped to her feet. Swiping at her face she sniffled as the truck approached.

The military was here. Of course they were. They’d been the ones to shoot at her and Zephyr in the first place. She narrowed her eyes at the vehicle and its driver.

It slowed to a crawl, coming to a complete stop a few feet away from her. A man jumped out and approached her.

“Are you okay, miss?” he asked.

She gulped and forced herself to nod. They must not know they shot down their ally.

“Did that thing hurt you?” he asked as he reached out to her.

She shook her head. “He’s not a thing,” she said, her voice angry and raw.

The man dropped his hand as he sighed. “Miss, I don’t know how much you know about what’s going on, but that man meant you harm.”

Addison snapped her head up, narrowing her eyes as she glared at the man. Her gaze dipped down to his rank then back to his face. “I know exactly what is going on Lieutenant Alexander. There are two alien races on our planet. The one you shot down just now,” she pointed to the spot where Zephyr had crashed, “was our friend. He saved my life and hundreds of others.” After everything Zephyr had done, it didn’t seem right for him to go down from friendly fire.

The man tilted his head to the side before turning back to the other men behind him. They shrugged at him. The lieutenant rubbed a hand down his face before he spoke, “There are two alien species?”

“Yes. The scary yellow ones, the Imanji, are our enemies. The phoenixes—the fiery birds—they’re our friends and are here to help us,” she said as more tears slid down her face. Her hand reached up to swipe them away as her bottom lip trembled.

No, it wasn’t the military’s fault. They couldn’t have known, but Zephyr’s death was still a tragedy.

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