Trial By Fire (Avalon: Web of Magic #6) by Rachel Roberts

Author:Rachel Roberts [Roberts, Rachel]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: Premier Digital Publishing
Published: 2012-08-01T07:00:00+00:00

THEY SLID OFF Drake’s back as the dragon landed smoothly behind a large dune overlooking the Shadowlands. Lyra set down alongside, her magic wings folding and disappearing with a soft glow.

“This is it?” Kara asked incredulously.

It was hard to believe that this burnt-out desert had once been lush, vibrant, and full of life. It was even harder to believe that the small band of travelers had any hope of restoring it.

Three girls, cat, mistwolves, ferret, and dragon peered over the gray ridge. Steam hissed across the barren landscape before them. Several ominous structures rose from the sand like smokestacks. Sparks of light flicked and danced from the open funnels.

“We have to go in there?” Kara exclaimed.

“Some of us have already been inside,” Lyra rumbled.

Kara stroked her friend’s back, smoothing her raised hackles.

“There.” The warrior pointed.

A stone courtyard led to a pair of black doors at the first tower.

“That’s her lair?” Ozzie asked.

“There’s more,” Lyra growled. “Below.”

The Dark Sorceress’s lair lay largely hidden underground. Adriane and Lyra were well aware of the vast caverns and catacombs that wormed under the surface.

Adriane felt her stomach tighten, and a trickle of sweat trailed down her neck. She was back to a place out of her worst nightmares, a place she thought she’d never return to. And yet, here she was. The last time she had barely escaped, and that was with the help of the entire pack. Where were the mistwolves now?

Storm sensed her friend’s dread. “Stay focused, warrior. Turn fear to strength. Use it.”

“What’s that, Storm? Those weren’t here before.” Adriane pointed to three triangular crystals that pierced the ground in the center of the towers.

“Zach told us she was building those,” Emily reminded them.

“That’s where she’s going to store the magic,” Ozzie said.

The squirming wolf pup in Emily’s arms sniffed the air and barked.

“Shhh. We have to be very quiet,” Emily said, putting the pup on the ground.

“Good point, Dreamer.” Kara’s gaze was on the entrance to the lair. “How do we get past those?”

Tall serpentine guards walked in groups out of the doors, each holding long staffs. Around the base of the distant funnel, goblin riders rode patrol. Their night stallions snorted as the goblins on their backs scowled into the distance.

“Won’t be long before they sense us,” Lyra warned.

Kara sucked in her breath. “Okay, so, what’s the plan?”

“We go in, then find Zach and the mistwolves,” Adriane said.

“Right.” Kara nodded. “So we don’t have a plan.”

“We keep moving forward,” Adriane responded.

“I can’t hear Zach!” Drake’s voice echoed loudly in everyone’s head.

Adriane looked into the dragon’s deep crystalline eyes. They swirled in distressed shades of red and orange. “We need you to help us, Drake.”

The dragon’s eyes lit up with greens and blues. “Yes, I help Zach!”

“Yes. But you have to stay out here.”

Drake’s head drooped in disappointment, steam leaking from his nostrils.

“You have a very important job,” Adriane explained carefully. “When I say so, you have to create a diversion.”

The dragon looked confused.

“Make lots of loud noise, swoop up and down, and keep the guards distracted.

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