The Eternal Dusk (Daughter of the Phoenix Book Two) by Victoria J. Price

Author:Victoria J. Price [Price, Victoria J.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-08-21T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Seventeen

Alexander

T his was the furthest away from London Alexander had ever been. Dark sea passed beneath him, and every now and then a bird or two swooped down to catch a fish. A school of dolphins had travelled with him for a while, but he’d had to pull up to cloud cover when there were too many ships. He didn’t want to risk endangering the creatures.

He thought of Fia as he flew, and of Erebus’s threat. How could she defend herself against an ancient darkness?

The sea became land and Alexander paused to rest in a harbour city, atop one of the many tall, metal arms standing beside the harbour. Some had hooks hanging from them at the end of a cable, others seemed to be part of another metal contraption. Some hoisted containers from ships as they docked. The land was strange here, small canals snaked away from the harbour amongst buildings quite different from the ones Alexander was used to in London. Most were tall and narrow, tightly packed side by side with peculiar rooftops. Amsterdam. Jo had pointed to it on a map, which had somehow been on her phone.

A tinny bell sounded, and Alexander watched as a row of cyclists made their way down a road. What if this is a waste of time? Every moment away from London could mean the trapped angels were closer to dying at Lorn’s hands, or Erebus’s. And the spirit army—what were they for? Erebus had said it was obvious, but what purpose could they serve?

I’m sitting here catching my breath whilst angels are being tortured. He shook his head and pushed off into the air at the thought, beating his wings hard to fly as fast he could. Jo had shown him several places to rest on his journey, but he wouldn’t stop again. He flew for hours, day turned to night and he could see nothing but flickering lights every now and again below him.

The air grew gradually colder, and he looked to the stars to check he was flying in the right direction. He didn’t feel the cold the way the humans did, but his wings began to ache from flying for so long without resting. It didn’t matter, there was no time.

And then he heard it. A familiar chime, just a single note. And then another, and another. He pressed on until a ribbon of emerald flickered along the horizon in the darkness. There. The ribbons intertwined with magenta and violet and began swirling around each other, the familiar chime of the sky spirits accenting their movements. Alexander flew up towards the stars, right into the display until he was surrounded by the flickering lights and their chiming.

“I need to speak with you,” he said, as loudly as he could. “I need your help.” He dragged a hand through his hair as he hovered. This was a foolish idea. He’d never spoken with the sky spirits. He didn’t even know if such a thing was possible.

Alexander’s breath clouded in front of him as he looked through the Northern Lights to the stars above.

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