Valkyrie's Sacrifice: Paranormal Romance (Academy of the Immortals Book 3) by Angel Lawson

Author:Angel Lawson [Lawson, Angel]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-06-21T16:00:00+00:00

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Luke

One minute I’m getting my ass kicked, the next I’m standing in a dark cabin staring at my four perplexed allies. Miya is on the floor, still unconscious. Hildi and Rupert both drop to the ground to check on him. I run my eyes over her to make sure she’s okay. Physically, yes. Emotionally…only the gods know.

“What the hell happened?” I ask, glancing down at the blade in my hand. It’s Hildi’s and it’s covered in vampire blood. I drop it on the wooden table a few feet away.

“I called to the Guardians for help,” Hildi says, trying to rouse Miya. “Sometimes Morgan comes to me through mirrors. My ring—it acts like a conduit or something.” She shakes the Samurai. “He’s not waking up.”

“He’s not going to,” a voice says. I reach for the dagger but stop when I see the face in the mirror.

“Professor Christensen?” Hildi asks. I stare at the man who I know as an ally of the Guardians. He had once been an administrator at the Academy. He’d vanished when Hildi killed Headmaster Gardener and Roland took over.

“It’s me,” he replies, “although not in the flesh.”

“Where are you? Where are we?” Armin asks.

“You’re in a safehouse inside Hell.”

“There’s a safehouse in Hell?” I ask, never having heard of this.

“It’s off the grid. A place for souls to hide while doing the gods' work. It’s for very limited use.” He glances at me. “Somewhere your father can’t see.”

Hildi stands and approaches the mirror. “What did you mean when you said Miya won’t wake up?”

He looks at the unconscious Immortal. “As you know, Miya is a man of incredible resolve. Years of enslavement and torture allowed him to create defense mechanisms to protect his body and soul. In the Third Circle, he pushed himself not to succumb to the vampire’s gluttony; fighting against the venom of desire and want. He retreated somewhere deep, somewhere inside his mind that he’s unable to withdraw from.”

“You’re saying he mediated himself to safety,” Rupert says.

“Something like that. He’s deep in a protective state.”

“How do we get him out of there?” Hildi asks.

“You can’t, and even if you did, it is physically and emotionally draining. He’d be of no use in the fight.”

The Valkyrie’s expression turns panicked. She reaches for his hand and touches the silver ring. “But we need him…it has to be all six of us to make this work. That’s what Morgan told me. That’s why she gave me these rings!”

“I’m sorry,” Christensen says. “But Miya is of no use to you, not now.”

She ignores him, bending over the warrior and kissing him on the lips. The whole room waits to see if her touch can pull him from his sleep, like some kind of fairytale, but the Samurai doesn’t move. He’s lost deep in his mind, so far that even the touch of his mate can’t draw him out.

Tears prick at her eyes when she looks up and Armin moves to comfort her. He looks at the mirror and asks, “What do we do now? We can’t leave him unprotected.

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