Queen to Ashes (Black Dawn Series Book 2) by Mallory McCartney

Author:Mallory McCartney [McCartney, Mallory]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: MM Books
Published: 2020-03-11T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter Sixteen

Adair

He had always imagined dying would be painful, filled with gut-wrenching agony. That maybe his demons would be waiting beyond the veils. But as he felt that blade slide in between his ribs, there was only a wash of pain before he watched the light behind Emory’s eyes fade as well. Adair wasn’t aware of gravity, of the war raging around them. All he saw was her-then nothing.

He knew, deep down, that he was drifting. He recognized the soft voices around him: his mother, his father, the Faes. Memories from another life, another man that had been long forgotten until now.

Blinking slowly, Adair took in the soft light, the weightlessness of the water carrying him. For the first time in years, he could think clearly. Running a hand through his hair, his muscles relaxed, and he allowed the current to gently pull him forward but stay true to their course. Beyond, he felt the shudder as his eyes flew open. His hair stood on end when he heard his own voice. Except it was far away, words falling into soft hushes by the time they reached him.

Clenching his jaw, he felt the magic of the thousand realities, the thousand courses his life could have taken him. He never thought it would have taken him here. Another shudder, and he looked to the horizon. The river twisted, the water a deep blue, and everywhere around him was light. There was no definition, no ending or beginning. Only the journey in between.

The whispers built, layering over another, calling out to him. Blinking, Adair laid back down, closing his eyes and submitting himself to the waters. No more questions. No more wondering. In the end, he knew he would pay for his actions.

A shiver ran down his spine as he sighed, opening his eyes. Far above him, the light was waning, the pull of the water settling.

“Adair.”

The shivers grew, rumbling along his bones, soaking into his core. Sitting up, he turned around, not an article of his clothing getting wet as the river suspended him. The voice was gentle. A softness he hadn’t earned. Not after years of killing and madness. Years of destroying and breeding fear. A bitter taste filled his mouth. How did he deserve peace?

His pulse picked up with his panic. A cracking-like thunder rang out in the space, echoing for miles as he watched the light disappear, replaced by a roaring darkness looming on the horizon, flashes of emerald lightning slashing against the backdrop. He couldn’t move as a hundred yards away an inky droplet rippled in the water, disappearing for a moment. His breath caught as he squinted against the rolling thunder. A moment passed and then another.

Lightning shot down, exploding as it contacted the water. The darkness spread like a disease, Adair watching as the water around him turned black, and he was immobilized. Lightning streaked across the sky again just as he looked down, only to see a smiling face of one of the Oilean.

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