Wings of Shadow (The Obsidian Order Book 3) by Katerina Martinez

Author:Katerina Martinez [Martinez, Katerina]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Supernal Publishing
Published: 2019-05-03T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER FIFTEEN

Talking to Six had brought up a few things that I wanted to deal with before going into training with her. I decided to go and find Draven in his quarters. That was where he spent most of the hours of the day, since his eyes were sensitive to sunlight. That was one of the curses that belonged to the House of Night.

By all accounts he should be spending the daylight hours asleep, but it fell on his shoulders to keep the Order running smoothly. He basically lived in a constant state of discomfort, and that was something I could respect. When I reached the door to his room, I knocked a couple of times, and waited. He opened the door after a few seconds.

“Seline,” he said, looking… surprised to see me.

“Hey, I hope you’re not too busy,” I said.

He shook his head. “I’m getting a little work done, but it’s okay. Please, come in.”

Draven stepped aside and allowed me into his room. As always, it was dark in here. The only light that made it into his room were streams of sunlight that managed to find cracks in the blinds on his windows. The darkness made my chest tighten, but Draven went around lighting candles for me to feel a little more comfortable.

As the room brightened, I started to relax and I noticed what he was working on. There were tools on his workbench, and large pieces of metal he seemed to have been hammering into shape. I didn’t know what he was making, but it looked complicated.

When he was finished lighting candles, he walked over to his desk and threw a cloth over it.

“Top secret?” I asked.

“For now…” he said, “I have a thing about where and when I display my creations.”

“I get that.” I walked over to his bed, but didn’t sit down. Instead I hovered over it, awkwardly, until he gestured for me to sit. I did, and it was comfortable as all hell. Was it a feather bed? I didn’t know, but it felt like I was sitting on a firm cloud.

Draven, meanwhile, went back to his desk and sat at his chair. He turned to the side to look at me. “So, what can I do for you?”

I took a deep breath. “Well, things are quiet here for now, I’m working on my training, and I’ve even convinced Six to join me.”

“Join you?”

“I’m going to train her.”

Draven grinned, playfully. “Oh, so you’re an instructor now? I thought you were going to become an enforcer.”

“I’m definitely not an instructor, but it looks like she trusts me. She probably trusts me more than anyone else at the fortress. While she’s here, I guess she should feel like she’s part of something bigger than herself. It worked to bring me out of my shell, didn’t it?”

“I’m pretty sure that shell of yours hasn’t quite been fully shed yet.”

“Okay, probably not, but I’m doing better than when I arrived here.”

He nodded. “Yes, you are. When you got

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