An Echo of Fire by Amber Lynn Natusch EPUB & PDF – eBook Details Online
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- Author: Amber Lynn Natusch
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Present Day
ARIEL
I ran through the silent halls of the manor on light feet, ducking from
shadow to shadow to make sure I wasn’t caught. It was clear from the tone
of my father’s letter that it wouldn’t end well for me if I was. The Midlands
were no longer safe for me.
The front door was the nearest exit but also the most conspicuous. With
no time to debate the merits of finding another way out, I darted toward it.
When I reached the heavy wooden doors, I pressed myself flat against them
and calmed my breathing so I could hear whether I’d been followed. I was
greeted by eerie silence, which put me more on edge than ever. Instead of
weighing what it could mean, I pulled the door open just enough to slip
through, then closed it gently.
The dead of night greeted me, its inky black sky peppered with stars and
a bright blue moon; the light that would help guide me on my journey. That
and the blessing stone in my hand.
My blood-red wings snapped open, stretching before I could take to the
sky. But first, I needed to get off Kaplyn’s property. It had long been
warded against flight, and for good reason. There was history between my
father’s country and his, and it was not pleasant. At least not until the treaty.
As I sprinted for the front gate, I wondered what treachery had forced my
father to send the note telling me to flee. Whatever the reason, it was clear
that the truce between the Nychterídes and Neráides had fallen.
And I was officially an enemy in Neráida lands.
I stuffed that worry away and threw open the wrought-iron gate. The
second it snapped shut, a bloodcurdling sound rang out through the night. I
looked back to see iridescent green eyes lurking in the shadows near the
manor, staring in my direction. With a jolt of fear, I took to the sky, wings
beating hard and fast.
And those green eyes followed.
I looked back to find the night swirling behind me, the billowy tendrils
curling into the shape of something massive and winged. The shrill cry it
made as it neared made my heart stop dead in my chest. Whatever it was, it
was after me, but for what purpose, I didn’t know. I had no intention of
finding out, either.
With that thought to motivate me, I pushed harder, following the pull of
the blessing stone, trusting Delphyne’s trinket to guide me through the
dangers of the Midlands to what I desired. But even it could not save me
from the creature gaining on me. I prayed to the gods that Delphyne hadn’t
turned on me too; hadn’t sent me off with a beacon for the monster chasing
me to follow.
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