I was deep in the woods again, running for my life. Only this time there was no snow, no mountain. There was soft green grass under my feet. I was running toward a field of dark royal blue flowers. Their sweet scent wafted in the air, but the smell was not soothing. It did little to help the fear that was eating away at me. The thought that if I stopped running I would die, continued to play in my head. Something dark and evil was chasing me, but I couldn't see or smell it. I could only sense it and hear it as it snapped twigs behind me. It was gaining on me and it felt like no matter how hard I pushed I couldn't speed up. I made it to the clearing of flowers, stopping in the center, looking around. I knew it was probably a stupid idea, but for some reason I thought I'd be safe amongst the flowers. I saw it from the corner of my eye as it lunged for my throat. It's red eyes were the last things I saw as my head landed amongst the flowers away from my body. I sat up quickly, waking u
We met up with Eryn right by the vines. He led us toward a large tree opening the portal and making me sick to my stomach. I don't think I'll ever get used to the smell. It's horrendously sweet and nauseating. The tunnel stretched out for a while, which made sense considering how far away we were. It was still much faster than any other method of travel. I was thankful that Eryn could portal us. I needed to learn how to do it myself. We arrived after what felt like an eternity in that tunnel. We made it with some time to spare. We walked up to the hall only this time we didn't go to the room I had been to before. Instead we made a right turn down a hall to a smaller room. It was still grand as most rooms were in this building, but it was much smaller than the sentencing room. There was a large round table in the center and red thick curtains hung along the back walls. The rest of the room was white all over. "Glad to see you made it in time." Larminiel greeted us as he motioned for
When I came to I was back on campus in the commons. I was heading toward the dorms, music blasting in my ears as I scrolled through my phone. Nate's name popped up on the screen. "Rooms busy for the next couple hours. Make yourself scarce please." My hand was on the door of the main entrance when I read the text. I looked up from my phone seeing my reflection. I wasn't me, I was a young man in a blue baseball cap and jean jacket. I recognized his face, I was projecting into George. George turned around, decided to head to the library. He seemed defeated knowing he couldn't arguing with Nate. He scrolled through his phone again, searching for a different song, when a chill went up his spine. I wanted to start running, knowing what was probably about to happen, but I couldn't make him go. I couldn't force him to do anything; I could only watch and be in it. I need to warn him, how can I warn him? I felt a sting in my chest at that moment. I looked down and there was nothing. George
The hall was a mess. Men and women were running around. Everyone seemed to be scrambling trying to figure out what was happening. Everyone seemed to be in a panic trying to figure out how many ancient ones there were. The main other burning question was where we would send everyone where they would be protected and safe from any ancient ones. It seemed like everything was going to h*ll in one night. The ancient one on campus is what really set everything and everyone into a panic. That was a lot of people to try and evacuate. It forced the council to act faster than usual. If another ancient one showed up at another highly populated area we'd be in a lot of trouble. Just then I heard a loud crash outside. I could feel the earth shake under my feet. We all looked at each other frightened, thinking something was attacking the council. We all ran towards the window to see what was happening as guards poured outside to fight. They were quickly stopped as we saw the large red dragon layin
I opened the door to a very disgruntled Nate. His eyes were narrowed and his lips pressed into a thin line. He hadn’t cleaned himself off or changed clothes yet. “Hey, what’s up?” I asked, slightly confused as to why he would come see me now. “I heard about the way you had those visions. Rain, you can’t keep projecting. You could die with the person you are projecting into. So far you’ve gotten lucky and left their bodies just before their last breath.” Nate said furiously. He seemed upset at me, but I had no control over this. “In fact, I heard you died, for a moment, earlier tonight.” A small puff of smoke left his nostrils. “I have no control over this Nate. To tell you the truth, I didn’t even know what I was doing until I had died at that moment. Peregrine explained it to me a little when I came to. Trust me I don’t want to keep doing it. It scares me too.” At my words Nate's anger seemed to subside but only slightly. "That doesn't make me feel all that better, Rain." "You're
Eryn stood over me and extended his hand for me to take. I grabbed it, needing help, but I was so confused. "How are you here?" I asked him."Really Rain?" He asked as if I offended him by the question. "It's not hard to follow the path you left to get here. All I had to do was focus on you." He answered. "I didn't know I had left a path for you to follow." I admitted. "Wait, I thought you said you weren't going to watch. Why did you help me?" "I couldn't let you lose your magic." He said softly, some of that hard exterior of his shedding off. "You're still my charge and somehow I would get blamed for it." Well so much for that hard shell shedding. "Well thank you. Even if you were doing it for yourself." "I guess now you owe me two times." He smiled his devilish smile as a strand of hair fell over his face. I instinctively reached for it wanting to place it back in its spot, but I stopped myself. Eryn noticed the action though and he grabbed the wrist of my extended hand. He pul
My stomach was in knots. The feelings I had for Eryn were making more sense, but I can't handle having two mates. That's just insane. "Since you gave me this magic I can feel it more." She paused for a moment. "Rain, he's our mate too. I'm sure of it." My heart felt like it was going to burst out of my chest, at the speed it was beating. The butterflies in my stomach built up more and I turned to look at Eryn again. I realized that Heli was probably right. The feeling was different from Charles, but it was still there. This strange feeling I would get while seeing him was the mate bond. "Charles isn't going to be happy." I told Heli as I stared into Eryn's eyes. "Gunner will want to kill him." Heli added, and she was right. "What do we do?" I asked Heli. Eryn furrowed his brows at me wondering what was wrong. "Something on my face?" He teased me. "No sorry." I looked away blushing a bit. The butterflies in my stomach were flying around everywhere. "We'll need to see Gunner firs
Eryn had left me after I told him that I hoped we could all work. He didn't say anything to me, he just walked out. My heart broke a little when he left. What I said was true, but if I had to pick I would choose my already mated mate. I don't want to lose Eryn, but I think I'd die without Charles. I paced around the room unable to rest. I waited not so patiently for Charles to come back. I was trying to come up with the best way to tell him about Eryn, but how could I. All my attempts to explain it seemed faulty in my head. I let out a heavy sigh as I admitted defeat and plopped in the armchair. I needed Charles to accept it all. The way he and Eryn were at each other's throats made the idea seem impossible. I was chewing on my thumb nail when the door swung open. Charles' head pushed through, catching me. "What's wrong?" He asked furrowing his brows into that V. I shook my head, still not sure how to tell him. "I'm fine." His face called bullsh*t at my words. "No, you're not. Y