THE DREAMS THIEF (OTHERWORLD #1) BY BELLA DUNN – eBook Details Online
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Scotland, 1760.
Another lightning struck.
The wind whistled ferociously past his ears while he rode like a
madman across the Highlands, as if he were being chased by the
Devil, yet Brun MacLugh did not dare to stop, not even for a moment. His
body ached and his eyes burned with exhaustion but time was slipping
through his fingers like the thin sands of an hourglass.
He could not fail again. Not this time.
I will not fail again, he repeated to himself, even though he knew
that the words were nothing more than a fool’s prayer.
To his left, the usually blue waters of the loch had acquired a deep
tone of lead, even darker than the sky above. Brun urged the animal into a
desperate gallop, although he could feel the horse’s fear through its soaked
skin. The animal could sense the danger as well as he did.
Both the natural and the supernatural one.
The storm raged savagely overhead as if the heavens were breaking
apart. Lightnings flashed so bright that turned the dark night into day,
closely followed by thunderclaps that were deafening enough to shatter
glass. Rain and sleet fell in a continuous sheet of water and ice, slamming
the ground without pause, as if all water in the world were being poured
over the Highlands that evening. Brun was drenched to the bones, but he
did not allow such minor discomforts to slow him down.
After the Kilchurn Castle’s tower was damaged by lightning a
sennight before, it had rained without stop, the tell-tale signs which he
knew all too well: the Dreams Thief had returned and there was no doubt
who his next victim would be…
Dread made his guts churn and his heart pump faster. He was not
afraid to fight his faceless enemy, but if he failed this time…
I will not fail again!
From under the drenched cowl of his hood, he made out the
shadowed contours of Glennloch. The familiar nine-foot tall iron gate came
into view between gusts of wild wind that pushed seamless sheets of water
left and right, like watery ghosts dancing in the dark.
“At last!” he muttered in relief, patting his horse’s neck, quietly
praising the animal for making through that horrible storm.
As the gate loomed closer, Brun stretched out a hand, feeling his
ring become fire-hot. Its magic gem turned from gray into bright red and
red sparks burst out of his fingers, fusing together into a glowing ball of fire
as big as his fist.
He punched the air and the fire ball shot forward, blowing
up the gate off its hinges as if they had been hit by a war cannon. The wind
was so strong that the two iron halves flew asunder like sheets of paper.
Brun galloped up the driveway without slowing down, sensing the
manor’s protective spells hindering his passage for nothing more than an
exhale, probing him, before granting him passage.
The magic wards were much weaker than they should have been.
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