Storm Moon by KB Anne

Author:KB Anne [Anne, KB]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Gripping Tales

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Seven of Swords

Caer flew toward Naisha and Maddie. Maddie clutched Naisha’s legs. No matter how hard she kicked at his face or how powerfully she jerked her body, he held on. Naisha flew higher and higher, as if trying to reach what lay beyond the clouds. The air grew noticeably thinner. Their breathing became labored. Caer assumed that was exactly what Naisha was trying to achieve. The only way Maddie would let go was if he passed out.

Caer glanced down at the earth. Scott and Amorin’s figures grew smaller and smaller the higher they flew. Caer had to make a decision. She could save loyal Maddie and most likely lose Naisha, overpower Naisha and risk losing Maddie, or wrap them both in her wings, tear open a portal to the Faerie Realm, and force Naisha to face judgement from those she had betrayed. It would mean leaving Scott, but it wouldn’t be forever. She’d be back before the Storm Moon. She’d be back to fulfill her destiny. In the end, it was her only choice.

“Maddie, don’t let go,” she yelled to her new friend.

“I . . . I . . . won’t but it’s getting c-c-cold. I c-c-can’t breathe.”

He was fading fast. She had to hurry.

“Hold on,” she said as her wings burst from her back. She didn’t need them to fly, but she’d cocoon them all within them.

Once she had a hold of them, she focused her emotion on opening a portal. Her sword usually aided her in portal making, but now her hands were otherwise occupied. Intense emotion was an old friend, however, and had aided her portal making in the past. It would guide her now.

The air around them shimmered. The portal was locking into position below them.

“No,” Naisha screamed, her body stiffening. “No!”

Naisha should be terrified, especially after what she had done. Keturah was a force to be reckoned with.

“Oh, yes,” Caer said, adopting one of Gigi’s lines, and they plummeted back toward the earth before disappearing into the portal.

They continued spiraling and spiraling toward the ground. Something wasn’t right. They shouldn’t still be falling.

“What’s hap . . . pening? We . . . aren’t . . . slowing down,” Maddie yelled, most of his words getting lost.

Caer realized the problem as the wind tore at her hair and eyes. They’d entered the portal in a freefall. It felt like her skin was getting ripped off. She’d have to use her wings to slow them down, but to do that she’d have to release Naisha and Maddie because if she continued to hold them, the abrupt change in direction with their added weight could damage her wings.

“Maddie, don’t let her go,” Caer instructed him.

“I won’t,” he said through gritted teeth.

She released Naisha and Maddie and flapped her powerful white wings. The air whooshed beneath her wings, and she soon gained control of her flight. She hovered in the sky to get her bearings before folding her wings behind her and diving toward Naisha and Maddie. Naisha was trying to use her own wings, but they were plummeting too fast.

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