Rise of the Phoenix by Jessica Wayne

Author:Jessica Wayne
Language: eng
Format: azw3
ISBN: 9781952490316
Publisher: B.A.D. Publishing
Published: 2020-11-20T07:01:07.792574+00:00

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Luxe

Dakota

Dakota winced when he was tossed against the railing of the terrace once again. He was raw—emotionally and physically exhausted—after watching yet another world, one that was full of his friends, perish at the hands of Thames.

Nallia. Dakota hung his head. The pain and terror on her face would be something he would never forget.

Wide-eyed, she’d fought to the very end, and now, a little girl was forced to grow up without her mother. Nix was forced to go on without his wife. The thought of losing Ana and experiencing that pain firsthand was nearly too much to handle.

Tears burned in the corners of Dakota’s eyes as he knelt, not listening to a damn thing his psychotic half-brother said, as he rambled on about sacrifice being necessary to the survival of Luxe.

Dakota didn’t give a shit about Luxe. He didn’t give a shit about the fact that Thames was attempting to atone for the genocide he’d committed on his home world.

All Dakota cared about was the loss of more innocents.

One more world, gone in the blink of an eye.

Something hit the back of Dakota’s head, and he looked up, not even a little surprised Thames’ hand was still raised.

“You planning on paying attention?”

“Not interested.”

Thames ripped him up by the back of his shirt and slammed his chest into the railing. “You had better get interested. This is your world, too.”

“No, it’s not.”

Cursing, Thames held on to his shoulder. “I return another life core to Luxe, along with the heir to the Luxe throne.”

Once again, the gemstone ripped power from Dakota. Ready for it, he clenched his teeth, refusing to give in to the satisfaction his brother seemed to gain from seeing him in pain. Moments passed in silent agony until the Jaitu power pulsed brightly.

Thames grinned, victory plain on his face, until the light sputtered and died out just as the Pickrie core had done.

“Look at that, more innocents slaughtered for nothing.”

“You think it was for nothing?” Thames ripped him back, throwing him to the ground.

Dakota didn’t even have the energy to fight back. Hosting all the power was slowly killing him. Too bad it’s not working faster. “Seems like nothing to me. Face it, you broke the world, and there’s no putting it back together again.”

“You stupid, stupid, pathetic human.” Thames stalked toward him, and Dakota stood on shaking legs. “Those worlds left me to die. No one bothered coming to Luxe to check on us; the Sorceress at the time couldn’t even be bothered to help!”

“Because you fucking destroyed it! There was no reason this world should have died. The only mistake these people made was not dropping you into a hole at birth.”

Thames glared at Dakota, nostrils flaring, white eyes narrowed. Cocking his head, Thames slammed his fist into Dakota’s nose.

Bone split and blood sprayed, the force knocking Dakota back into the wall. He smiled through the pain, grateful for once he’d managed to shake the bastard’s foundation. “You murdered your entire family, your entire race, and you’re paying the price for it.

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