Chapter no 19
CHAPTER NINETEEN M y heart pounds erratically as I walk past First and Second Wings’ dragons with the rest of my squad two days later for flight maneuvers. Kaori stands in front of Fourth Wing, shifting his weight nervously beside Varrish, who watches me with a focus that makes my skin crawl, like he’s mentally […]
Chapter no 18
CHAPTER EIGHTEEN “Y ou’re early!” I blurt when Xaden opens my door Saturday morning to find me on the floor of my room, surrounded by every history text I own and the two Jesinia loaned me. Shit, I’m supposed to meet her in less than an hour. He blinks and shuts the door behind him. […]
Chapter no 17
CHAPTER SEVENTEEN “B odhi can’t keep moving maneuvers for our section, or more teachers than Varrish are going to notice,” Imogen says on Wednesday as we walk toward Battle Brief, moving up the main staircase in a sea of black. “Tairn is going to the Empyrean about Andarna, but absolutely nothing can be done until […]
Chapter no 16
CHAPTER SIXTEEN W e’re back in enough time for me to visit the Archives, so I do just that. If I can’t see Xaden, I may as well spend my time researching. It’s late afternoon before I can get cleaned up and make my way down there, and it makes me smile to see Jesinia […]
Chapter no 15
CHAPTER FIFTEEN W hen the sun sets the next day and we have yet to reach an extraction point, it’s clear we’ve failed our land navigation exercise. All because we didn’t stop to make sure the two fucking maps matched and now have no clue where we are. Blisters have long since formed and popped […]
Chapter no 14
CHAPTER FOURTEEN I jolt awake as the scent of something acrid fills my lungs, and I swing my fist, knocking a hand away from my face. Smelling salts. “She’s up,” a woman in dark blue announces, backing away to confer with… Professor Grady? My head buzzes as I sit up, stretching my legs in front […]
Chapter no 13
CHAPTER THIRTEEN “Y ou wouldn’t happen to know how to raise wards, would you?” I ask Tairn as we approach Basgiath from the southeast the next day, squinting into the afternoon sun. The headwind added an extra couple of hours onto the flight, making my hips protest and almost outright rebel. “Despite what you may […]
Chapter no 12
CHAPTER TWELVE T he landscape around the Samara outpost is as severe as the command that runs it. We’re high in the Esben Mountains, a mile or two from the eastern border with Poromiel, and surrounded by peaks that are still tipped with snow in the height of summer. The nearest village is a half-hour […]
Chapter no 11
CHAPTER ELEVEN A smile curving my lips, I brace my hands on the top of my head and walk off the stitch in my side as Imogen and I finish our post-run cooldown a few mornings later, entering the courtyard a full half hour before breakfast is set to be served. He wrote me a […]
Chapter no 10
CHAPTER TEN I stare in shock for the length of a heartbeat as the first-year drops Nadine’s body to the ground. It falls with a sickening thud, her head twisted at an unnatural angle. She’s dead. No. Not again. “Nadine!” Rhiannon yells, rushing to kneel at her side. “Nadine?” the first-year asks, his thick eyebrows […]