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Cody Goodfellow [Radiant Dawn Radiant Dawn (epub)
Cate Tiernan [Immortal Belove Immortal Beloved (epub)
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.She noticed Paramar was now at least ten yards from Doe, scrambling to regain his footing.But before he made it upright, there was another burst of light, another fireball—this one striking him.Paramar’s sword came loose as he tumbled.Screaming, he slipped trying to get up and tried to drag his tripping body toward his weapon.Another fireball came from Doe’s claws, again striking Paramar.The weakened Krepp was slow to move this time, completely dazed.He tried to push himself up, only to fall flat on his stomach.“Would you like me to finish him?” A Krepp came toward Doe—it was Keenu!What are you doing? Zeti wanted to scream at him.The chief of the Kreppen scouts was friends with Paramar.How could he offer to kill Paramar with such indifference?“No,” Doe answered with a scowl.“Zeti will do it.”To her horror, Doe turned his body to face her.She couldn’t breathe in that moment, violently sucking in air to no effect.“You were going to prove your loyalty by killing your traitorous brother,” Doe said.“But he escaped.So now you’ll kill this traitor.”She managed to take in a quick breath as she glanced at Paramar.His eyes were locked to hers as he came toward her.He staggered, barely catching himself as he started to fall.Closer he came, refusing to look anywhere but right back at her.Everyone was silent.She could feel their gazes.“Do it,” Doe commanded.She drew her arrow.Her hands were shaking.If Paramar still had his sword, he could’ve reached her with it by the time she was ready to shoot.Instead, he extended his claw peacefully and fell to a knee in pain.“Come here,” he muttered, powerless to trudge forward any farther.She did, helping him to his feet.Unable to keep his head up, he let down his neck to rest his forehead on the thin black hair atop her head.She could feel his sweat.“You fear what other Krepps want,” he whispered.“That’s the weakness I found in you when we first fought.”He kissed her forehead—a sign of goodbye.Then he stepped back, extending his arms from his sides to show he was ready.“Goodbye, Paramar,” Zeti muttered.Then she wiped away the tears clouding her vision and aimed at his heart.Chapter 2:EFFIEWhen Effie found Reela still at the pig farm, disappointment wrapped around her heart, the extra weight now causing it to sink toward her stomach.She couldn’t believe it.Reela was even in the same position as before, sitting alongside the fence with her head resting against it, an empty look in her eyes.Effie took in a deep breath, put on a smile, and forced herself to try a joke.“You like the smell or something?”Reela turned to show Effie the tears running down her cheeks, her mouth dead flat.“Oh, Reela.” Suddenly Effie felt tears forming in her own eyes.She still hadn’t gotten used to seeing her friend cry.“I’m so sorry.”Reela nodded forgivingly, then turned back to the pigs.It had been ten days since Vithos had been killed—stranded in the Slugari colony with hundreds of Krepps blocking his only exit.No one had seen him die, but Effie knew better than to hope he could’ve made it out of there alive.Since then, Reela’s mood had gotten worse each day.Effie desperately wanted to see some of Reela’s old smile, even expected it once they’d returned to the Academy.But they’d gotten back hours ago, and Reela hadn’t even bothered to move after plopping herself down along the fence of the pig farm.The sun was setting, night quickly approaching.Effie’s worry for Reela now trumped her sadness for the loss of Vithos.Her friend barely had eaten anything during their trip back from the Slugari colony.Effie had never known Reela to be thin throughout her life, not that she was heavy, either.But she’d lost a lot of weight recently, and her pale skin looked to have lost some color.Even her green eyes, usually vibrant with joy, had become dull.They were red and splotchy, as if stained by blood.Effie came behind Reela and thought to run her hand down Reela’s light brown hair to comfort her.But then she remembered how particular her psychic friend was about people touching her hair.The few times Effie’d tried when they were younger, Reela had snapped at her like an animal being rubbed the wrong way.“Why stay with the pigs?” Effie asked.Reela lifted her hand to the fence.“Pigs don’t show emotion through their faces like we do.But I can tell they’re very sensitive creatures [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]