The Void (Entangled Series Book 8) by Jill Sanders

Author:Jill Sanders [Sanders, Jill]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781945100888
Publisher: Grayton Press
Published: 2023-09-25T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter Nine

Mia held on to Lucas tighter while they flew quickly through the chilly night air. She wanted to lean back and enjoy the ride, but Feng was pretty much screaming in her head to return to the safety of the city.

“Leave us alone,” she called out finally.

“Is she still bothering you?” Lucas asked over his shoulder.

“Yes. I don’t want to talk to her right now. After we find out what we’re up against, I’ll listen to her.”

“You’d better start listening now,” Feng hissed directly in her ear, causing Mia to jerk slightly.

Still, Mia didn’t respond. Instead, she scanned the hillside as they drew closer to where the fires littered the hillside.

“I’d suggest we not talk from here on out,” Lucas suggested softly. “Some creatures have highly sensitive hearing. They may not be able to see us, but that doesn’t mean we should let them hear us.”

“Right.” She nodded.

“Mia, tell your companion to turn around,” Feng said, sounding a little more urgent.

Mia shook her head and held onto Lucas a little tighter. They stopped and hovered about half a mile over the first fire and saw dark shadows moving around just outside of the low firelight. It was as if there was someone there, but they just couldn’t make out their forms.

Lucas motioned and she felt him turn towards the next fire. This time they both saw it. There, standing close to the flames, directly in the glow of the firelight, was a shadowy figure.

Darkness. It appeared to be made of smoke. It had long clawed legs and arms, which dug into the dirt as it consumed a creature that appeared to be a deer.

The sounds of the beast eating—bones crunching, hide ripping, and blood oozing—made Mia wince.

Lucas turned and moved towards another fire.

More creatures of smoke and sharp claws. Some ate small animals while others just walked around or stood still as if they were asleep upright.

Lucas turned again, and they followed the line of fires high up into the hills. Each fire had more than six creatures gathered around it. Who knew how many more were waiting or hiding in the darkness and shadows.

They had just reached the highest fire when Lucas turned as if to head back towards the city.

She stopped him by tapping his shoulder after seeing movement at the last fire. Real movement. Not a smoke creature. A human figure.

Lucas stopped and she reached up to nudge his head to where she’d noticed a figure dressed in all black.

Lucas shifted, moving them slightly closer.

They must have made a sound because at that moment, the figure jerked around and turned directly towards them, as if they were visible.

Seeing the man’s face, Mia gasped and almost lost her hold on Lucas’s back.

“There!” The dark figure shouted. “In the sky.” He pointed directly at them.

The smoke creatures moved to protect the figure, then raised their long clawed hands and started shooting long boney spikes at them. It was almost as if they were shooting their fingers at them.

“Shit.” Lucas quickly shot them straight up into the night air.

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