Rise Of The Hunters: A Seven Sons Novel (The Immortal Huntress Book 5) by Kelly Hall & Laurie Starkey & Michael Anderle

Author:Kelly Hall & Laurie Starkey & Michael Anderle [Hall, Kelly]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: BrixBaxter Publishing
Published: 2019-06-14T06:00:00+00:00

Chapter 17

Canter had gone to his room to toss and turn, but it wasn’t any use. There was no rest for the weary, and try as he may, his mind just wouldn’t let him relax.

He got up from his bed, shrugged on his pants, pulled on his boots, and grabbed Katie’s sword. He put it on and then hurried out to the courtyard.

Ignis was still standing across the lawn, where the rubble of the south tower was now an organized mess. Ignis had stacked many of the rocks around, using his magic and a bit of muscle, and retrieved many of his journals, which he had stacked up in piles. He tucked away the loose pages that had come out of them, and as he made his way over, Canter could imagine the time it would take to put them all back together.

“If you’re coming to kill me, make it fast. I’m halfway into this job and already quite sick of it.”

“I’m not going to kill you.” Canter stopped and noticed the orange cat sleeping on a short stack of books as if he were right at home again in his south-tower library.

Ignis tossed another rock to the rockpile, uncovering another page of his journals. “Good, because you haven’t any reason. Besides, it’s me who should be insulted.”

“Really? You’re going to go there?” Canter folded his arms in front of him, if only to keep from striking out at the mage.

Ignis stopped what he was doing and turned toward Canter. “Hey, I’m grief stricken over Katie. I admired her too. And I would have never done anything to hurt either of you. I thought you knew that. But imagine coming home and being accused of such a thing. Against people you love, especially. How could you all think that of me? Aside from Rebekah, you were closer to me than any of those other young hunters.”

Canter nodded fiercely. “I know. And that’s why it hurt me so much to see you—or whatever it was that looked like you—do that to the one person who meant everything to me.” He took a deep breath and tried to push back his emotions.

“Yeah, and it hurt me too that you would spy on me, but I know you were just following Rebekah’s orders, so I won’t hold it against you. Even though you didn’t even keep it a secret.”

“I’m not going to argue with you. I came to tell you I’m sorry for what happened to your library. If I hadn’t brought Katie there, then none of this would have happened.”

“Already forgiven, hunter.”

“So, you’re really all that stands between our kind and total devastation?”

“Pretty scary, isn’t it?”

“That’s why you stay with Rebekah, isn’t it? She protects you as much as you protect her. And the world needs you both.” He walked over to the rubble and picked up a large rock. Then he turned and put it on a pile.

“Yes. That and because she’s my family. You might not understand this, being that I’m a mage and all, but my own family threw me out and disowned me.

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