Chapter 293

AN EXPLOSION OF SOUND AS I smacked into wet earth rang in my ears. Coughing, head and stomach spinning in a distinctly unpleasant manner, I retched, wincing as that added to the pain. All around me were groans and the sound of vomiting. I could feel Sian's anxiety and pushed up to crouching, struggling just to hold myself in the crouch, my head spinning so much it felt like the ground moved.

A bizarre sight greeted me, making my body feel weightless as my brain tried to make sense of it.

Glowing centaurs in trees.

Glowing.

In trees.

Clinging to branches, sticking awkwardly out the tops, arms and legs flailing. One floated, actually floated above the trees, illuminated against the pitch-black night and sleek rain pelting down.

My jaw dropped.

Stop gaping and start helping, snapped Kassie. At which point my brain kicked back into gear as I realized the floating, glowing centaur was due to Kass working at getting them down. Nodding, I stretched my arms out, partly just to steady m