Tragic Bonds (The Bonds that Tie Book 5) by J Bree

Author:J Bree [Bree, J]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2022-06-27T16:00:00+00:00

When my feet hit the ground at the Wasteland, it’s as though we’ve traveled to a different planet.

It looks nothing like it had before.

Although it has only been a few days since we were last here, it might as well have been months. The bodies that are still strewn around, left behind wherever they died, are in various states of decomposition, the process sped up by maggots and whatever other wildlife has managed to survive in this place. I try not to gag at the sight of them feasting on the fallen Resistance here. Thankfully, the TacTeam members who had died here when the Trigger attacked us all had been brought home, and I'm not about to see any familiar faces in the fields of dead.

Gryphon's hand brushes my neck slightly to relieve some of the sickness pooling in my gut. When he's finished with me, he does the same for Sage, who has a hand clamped over her mouth as she tries not to breathe in any of the horrific smells around us.

Kieran stays tucked in close to her side, as though he is desperate to transport her back home, but the moment that Gryphon steps away from her, she drops her hand away and gives her Bonded a curt nod.

Now isn't the time for me to smile at her or acknowledge just how amazing my best friend is. I always knew she was stronger than anyone gave her credit for. She isn't reacting to any of this any worse than I am, and I have been around a hell of a lot of death.

Gryphon starts making hand signals to disperse everyone. Once his team is in a formation, he looks back, nodding to me. I let my eyes slip shut as I reached down to speak to my bond.

I hope you're hungry, because we have a big job to do today.

It's slow to answer me, They're all pathetically small. Not worth my time.

A meal’s a meal, right? Our Bonded deserve some power.

That piques its interest a little more, just enough that it reaches out to each of our Bonded to check in with them, and it stays with Nox for longer than any of the rest.

They're not in danger.

Honestly, I could kill it for acting like this. I know, but you said it yourself, we need to bring the fight to the Resistance.

This isn't fighting. This is cleaning up and they're not worth my time.

I sigh and open my eyes back up, meeting Gryphon's gaze and shrugging. “There's no one here strong enough to be a concern.”

Sage exhales like I'm saying something reassuring, but Gryphon knows exactly what I mean and nods back at me slowly, signaling once more to the teams around us, and then we're moving. It would be much easier if my bond would just take everyone out instead, but I guess there's nothing wrong with getting a good view of everything that has happened.

There’s a lot we can learn from the destruction.

The giant craters

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