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The Birthright Series Chapter 248
HAVING PERSONALLY TRAINED CAT, IGNATIUS knew she'd held back. Had she performed the move fully, she would have made a more deliberate twist of the wrist before dealing a blow to his elbow, shattering the joint. Not wasting the opportunity, he shoved to his feet, pulling his sword from its sheath and grabbed the axe from the floor. Cat stood between him and Alek, and beyond Alek stood Yakov, the traitor's eyes on the prize while he fought Alek with care, no offensive strokes, confirming Elena's suspicions to Ignatius.A bit of a pity, he thought, it'd be so much simpler if Yakov killed Alek. Not that Ignatius wouldn't enjoy the task but it would probably take a while to get Cat to warm to him again.Now, how to deal with Cat?Ignatius considered the situation while pacing, watching her mirror his moves. Something obviously prevented her using her gift, perhaps that tile, he mused to himself. That meant Cat only had her fighting skills to rely on. Thinking more on that, he slid the sw
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CAT WEPT BENEATH HIM, HER body shaking with sobs and Alek heard the thought echoing in her mind.Too late, I was too late.Sabyn reached Loi and gathered her limp body in his arms, face blank with shock while he sat holding her. Leseach joined him a moment later, carefully checking the girl and Alek found himself tensing with irrational hope. Gredel helped Sabyn to his feet, face grim, and Sabyn cradled Loi's body, chin resting against her head. Awful moans and cries filled the air, the other two girls thrashing on the floor, their eyes rolled back and bodies jerking. Daron and Rumal looked pasty as they crouched beside them, at a loss for what to do.The air near the energy trap started to crackle and Alek sensed her approach. Snatching Cat's face between his hands he whispered urgently to her. 'Cat, we need to get them out of here. She's coming.'Cat's eyes opened, the green startling against the bloodshot whites and she squinted, her voice thick with pain. 'What?''Now! You nee
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THE GOUGED OPEN WOUND ON his chest finally healed and Alek struggled to sit up, spotting Cat lying close to the energy trap with Jenviet stalking across the floor. With his energy humming, he reached out via their link. Cat, watch out, she's nearly on you.I know.He watched as she climbed to her feet, still doubled over. Slowly, Cat straightened up and stared defiantly at Jenviet. A dark red glow spread from the centre of her chest. Molten flames moved beneath the pale skin of her throat, spreading over her face and her hair transformed into a mass of flaming tendrils. A moment later and she no longer resembled Cat at all. Now the Fire Elemental stood there, red eyes burning. The form was female but the voice that spoke had no sex, an ancient voice that rumbled through the room.'DeNaga,' it snarled. 'Your desperate desire for power makes you unworthy.'Al.He jolted in surprise at her voice in his mind while he gaped at the fire creature berating Jenviet.Cat?!As soon as I st
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THE SIGHT BEFORE HIM CAUSED Rumal to forget the mangled arm hanging at his side for a moment. The shape looked like Kassie but the figure with its back to him glowed a brilliant deep orange gold. The air around the Elemental felt thick and responsive, wrapping around and swirling out. Rumal's syren energy allowed a hint of the ecstatic murmurs of the winds to reach his ears while they swept around Kassie, whispering greetings, and evidently informing her of his presence. The figure jerked around and he watched in awe while the energy dissolved back into her, the golden eyes changing to Kassie's amber green shade.The marked look of horror on her face reminded him of the arm and she rushed forward then stopped short, both hands held back while she examined the damaged limb. Before he could speak she reached up, placing a hand on the shoulder and he felt the warm spread of her gift swell out.They watched the rich gold colour envelop the arm and the visible section of broken, protrudin
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'WHY DOES SHE LOOK SO alive?'Leseach turned from watching the elgrids moving along the track near where they sat hidden, to regard Sabyn. He'd asked the question so quietly she wondered if he wanted an answer. The blond man sat on the ground with Loi's body in his arms, his eyes tracing her face. Tomiar lay behind him, her body pressed against his back and head near Loi's, beak touching Sabyn's thigh.Ignoring the question for the current time, Leseach returned to watching the track. They'd managed a very rough landing when the shockwave hit and now hid in the remains of the torched forest, close to the cave entrance. The shockwave laid waste to the valley, ruining it for decades to come, and most of the vegetation had burned, only the higher sections of forestlike where they now sathad survived.'They must have done it,' Leseach said in a low voice when she climbed back down beside Sabyn and Tomiar. 'All her soldiers are leaving, even the rider-less jehyns.'He didn't acknowledge
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'OH FUCK! OH GOD, SITO!''Take it easy, Pix! The rocks will still be loose. How close is Kassie?'Daron caught her arm when she made to race to the dragon that lay crushed under a massive rock fall, just part of his tan muzzle and a forearm visible. With a choked sob at the sight of her beautiful boy lying there in agony, Sian shook her head, trying to focus and threw a thought out.Kass! Where are you?Close, we're just trying to spot you.Hurry! Sito's under a mass of rocks, it's awful!Hold on, nearly there.Daron moved cautiously toward the dragon, body tense while he watched the rocks at the top.Sian followed his footsteps and just when she reached him he jolted. 'What?''Nesha's under there too!''Where?''Under Sito, there's not much air. Dammit where are they?' Daron twisted, looking high and Sian moved over to Sito's muzzle, placing a soothing hand on it.'Hold on, honey. We'll have you and Nesha out soon, I promise.''Hurts, friend.' The pitiful reply caused t
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STANDING STILL, ALEK WATCHED PHROMA land before him and Gredel slid down.'Alek!' The strawberry blond man's face almost split with a beaming smile and he strode over, enveloping Alek in a bear hug. 'I thought we must have lost you this time! Damn good to see you, friend.'Alek hugged him back feeling an odd mix of emotions but at the very least, joy, for seeing his friend alive and well. When they separated Gredel spotted the body and made a gruff noise in the back of his throat before making the old motion of grief, head bowed and right hand curved, palm up to the sky, wishing the soul a prosperous new life when reborn. Alek showed the necklace while they walked to the group and the two talked about the trip to Benhyll, Phroma making the occasional interjection via Gredel. After ridding Phroma of her armour and fastening Cat well to the saddle, they all set into the air.Within an hour they landed again, discovering Sabyn and Tomiar making their way on foot down the side of the va
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THE PATTERING OF RAIN ON Loushka's wing lightened and Cat whimpered. In the dark Alek rolled onto his side, leaning over her and brushed a hand gently across her forehead and hair. Any sound she made wrenched him out of sleep, no matter how deep, and exhaustion combined with worry kept trying to drag him back down. He could feel she still burned hot and he tried again, letting his gold energy smooth over her while gently stroking her hair.'Kitten, love, can you hear me?'She made no obvious response, just the restless smacking of lips and he reached for the damp rag, keeping his energy bright enough to see to wet her lips. She murmured at the touch of the cloth, her closed eyes twitching.He kept dreaming of when she found him in the dark; the joy and terror at seeing her there. The weeks of torture, of being Jenviet's plaything while she experimented with various ways to extract his energy, it all seemed worth it when Cat arrived. He could hear her voice broken with tears and that
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