Chapter no 89
89 The conference room shook. Ruhn had kept Sandriel distracted, kept her talking while Queen Hypaxia had freed Hunt from the halo’s grip. He’d sensed the ripple of her power down the table, then seen Athalar’s halo begin to glow, and had understood what the witch, her hand on Hunt’s, was doing. There was nothing […]
Chapter no 88
88 Hunt had no words in his head, his heart, as Bryce shoved her burning starlight into the Gate. White light blasted from the Gate’s clear stone. It filled the square, shooting outward for blocks. Demons caught in its path screamed as they were blinded, then fled. Like they remembered whom it had once belonged […]
Chapter no 87
87 “No,” Ruhn was saying, over and over. “No, no—” But Hunt heard nothing. Felt nothing. It had all crumbled inside him the moment she’d hung up. Bryce leapt the fence around the Gate and halted before its towering archway. Before the terrible black void within it. A faint white radiance began to glow around […]
Chapter no 86
86 The city was starting to go quiet. Every time Declan checked the audio in another district, more screams had diminished, cut off one by one. Not from any calm or salvation, Hunt knew. The voids in the Gates remained open. The sunset gave way to bruised purple skies. When true night fell, he could […]
Chapter no 85
85 Bryce knew it was stupid luck that kept her alive. And pure adrenaline that made her focus her aim so clearly. Calmly. But with each block she cleared as the sunset deepened, her legs moved more slowly. Her reactions lagged. Her arms ached, becoming leaden. Every pull of the trigger took a bit more […]
Chapter no 84
84 Hunt couldn’t take his eyes from the feed of Bryce battling her way through the city. Hypaxia’s phone rang somewhere off to his left, and the witch- queen answered before the first ring had ended. Listened. “What do you mean, the brooms are destroyed?” Declan patched her call through to the speakers, so they […]
Chapter no 83
83 Bryce took one look at the Heart Gate in the Old Square and sprinted home, Syrinx in her arms. Micah had indeed wielded the Horn successfully. And it had opened a portal right through the mouth of the Heart Gate, drawing upon the magic in its quartz walls. Bryce had taken one look at […]
Chapter no 82
82 A gas explosion, she told the Aux through the intercom, who apparently hadn’t been informed of the details by their superiors. She was fine. Just a private mess to deal with. No mention of the Archangel. Of the ashes she’d vacuumed, then dumped in the bin out back. She’d gone up to Jesiba’s office […]
Chapter no 81
81 Time warped and stretched. Hunt had the distinct feeling of falling backward, even though he was already against a wall and hadn’t so much as moved a muscle. Yet the coffee in the mug on the nearest table tilted, the liquid endlessly rocking, rocking, rocking to one side— The death of an Archangel, of […]
Chapter no 80
80 Flashing red lights erupted, casting the world into flickering color. A roar rose from below, the gallery shuddering. Bryce knew. She knew the tank had exploded, and that Lehabah had been wiped away with it. Knew the nøkk, exposed to the air, had been killed, too. Knew that Micah would only be slowed for […]