a crackle of
electricity through her body, shocking Faen into dropping her.
It wasn't until he let her go, however, that she
realized just how high up they were. And she couldn't fly.
CHAPTER SEVEN
Faedra went plummeting to the ground, muttering
expletives as she did. She scrunched her eyes shut just as she was
about to make impact with the hard earth.
“This is going to hurt,” she groaned.
She felt her body get tugged and came to a sharp
stop. Well, now she knew what it must feel like on the end of a
bungee rope after flinging oneself off the side of a ludicrously
tall bridge. Even with all her powers, she still couldn't
understand why anyone in their right mind would want to do such a
thing.
When the ground didn't come up to smack her in the
face, she opened her eyes a crack and found herself dangling a
couple of inches above it, a blade of grass tickling her nose. She
craned her neck upwards to find her Guardian hovering above her,
hanging onto her ankles with a rather pained expression on his
face.
“I swear, Faedra Bennett, you will be the death of
me,” he said rolling his eyes heavenward.
Faedra gave him a cheeky grin and was about to throw
out a witty retort, but her eyes widened as she saw one of the
winged creatures fly up behind him, talons extended, ready to
strike.
“Maybe, but those things definitely will!” Without
hesitation she brought up her hands and shot a stream of intense
fire past Faen's ear, slamming the creature square in the chest. It
went reeling backwards, shrieking in agony before falling to the
ground consumed in flames.
“Thank you,” Faen said when he turned back from
looking at the smoldering creature behind him. He cast his gaze
down at the Custodian, who was still dangling just above the
ground.
“Any time,” Faedra said. “Um, you can put me down
now.”
“Oh, yes, of course.” Faen gently lowered his charge
to the ground.
Upon reaching Terra firma, Faedra rolled over and
jumped back up. Faen, who was now on the ground, stood beside her,
taking a defensive position.
The creature that Faedra just killed must have been
the one that was attacking Jocelyn because when she spun around to
attack it, it was gone. Instead, two more were swooping in from
above.
“God, those things are ugly. It doesn't look like
they're dragons, though. I haven't seen them breathe fire,” Faedra
surmised.
Faen pulled out his sword and held it up.
“I'll take care of them, Faen. You go get Jocelyn.”
Faedra said, raising her palms to the sky.
Faen looked uncertain. He was supposed to be the
protector, not the protected.
“Faen, I've got this. Your sister needs you.”
She could see the look of hesitation in his eyes.
“Go!” she snapped.
He gave her a stern look, but inclined his head
before turning towards his sister.
Faedra let the incoming creatures have it with both
palms. They met the same fiery end as the first one did, by
dropping out of the sky and landing in a heap of smoldering flesh
on the ground several feet away. Faedra wrinkled her nose and
wafted her hand in front of her face to ward off the stench of
burning flesh.
“Maybe this power isn't so bad after all” Faedra
mumbled to herself, slapping her hands together gesturing a job
well done.
Faen kneeled down to pick up his sister and was met
by Etyran who unwrapped himself as he got to them.
“Is she alive?” he asked between pants.
Jocelyn groaned.
“She will be fine,” Faen answered.
Faen scooped up his sister and gave Etyran an odd
look as the Lightbender leaned in to place a palm against her
bruised cheek.
Jocelyn's eyelids fluttered before they opened wide
and she looked around startled.
“Thank Kernunnos, you're okay,” Etyran said with a
smile when her eyes flitted around and met his.
“What are those things?” she croaked, as she watched
Faedra fire roast another couple from the sky.
“I do not know, and we do not have time to debate the
question now. We need to get out of
electricity through her body, shocking Faen into dropping her.
It wasn't until he let her go, however, that she
realized just how high up they were. And she couldn't fly.
CHAPTER SEVEN
Faedra went plummeting to the ground, muttering
expletives as she did. She scrunched her eyes shut just as she was
about to make impact with the hard earth.
“This is going to hurt,” she groaned.
She felt her body get tugged and came to a sharp
stop. Well, now she knew what it must feel like on the end of a
bungee rope after flinging oneself off the side of a ludicrously
tall bridge. Even with all her powers, she still couldn't
understand why anyone in their right mind would want to do such a
thing.
When the ground didn't come up to smack her in the
face, she opened her eyes a crack and found herself dangling a
couple of inches above it, a blade of grass tickling her nose. She
craned her neck upwards to find her Guardian hovering above her,
hanging onto her ankles with a rather pained expression on his
face.
“I swear, Faedra Bennett, you will be the death of
me,” he said rolling his eyes heavenward.
Faedra gave him a cheeky grin and was about to throw
out a witty retort, but her eyes widened as she saw one of the
winged creatures fly up behind him, talons extended, ready to
strike.
“Maybe, but those things definitely will!” Without
hesitation she brought up her hands and shot a stream of intense
fire past Faen's ear, slamming the creature square in the chest. It
went reeling backwards, shrieking in agony before falling to the
ground consumed in flames.
“Thank you,” Faen said when he turned back from
looking at the smoldering creature behind him. He cast his gaze
down at the Custodian, who was still dangling just above the
ground.
“Any time,” Faedra said. “Um, you can put me down
now.”
“Oh, yes, of course.” Faen gently lowered his charge
to the ground.
Upon reaching Terra firma, Faedra rolled over and
jumped back up. Faen, who was now on the ground, stood beside her,
taking a defensive position.
The creature that Faedra just killed must have been
the one that was attacking Jocelyn because when she spun around to
attack it, it was gone. Instead, two more were swooping in from
above.
“God, those things are ugly. It doesn't look like
they're dragons, though. I haven't seen them breathe fire,” Faedra
surmised.
Faen pulled out his sword and held it up.
“I'll take care of them, Faen. You go get Jocelyn.”
Faedra said, raising her palms to the sky.
Faen looked uncertain. He was supposed to be the
protector, not the protected.
“Faen, I've got this. Your sister needs you.”
She could see the look of hesitation in his eyes.
“Go!” she snapped.
He gave her a stern look, but inclined his head
before turning towards his sister.
Faedra let the incoming creatures have it with both
palms. They met the same fiery end as the first one did, by
dropping out of the sky and landing in a heap of smoldering flesh
on the ground several feet away. Faedra wrinkled her nose and
wafted her hand in front of her face to ward off the stench of
burning flesh.
“Maybe this power isn't so bad after all” Faedra
mumbled to herself, slapping her hands together gesturing a job
well done.
Faen kneeled down to pick up his sister and was met
by Etyran who unwrapped himself as he got to them.
“Is she alive?” he asked between pants.
Jocelyn groaned.
“She will be fine,” Faen answered.
Faen scooped up his sister and gave Etyran an odd
look as the Lightbender leaned in to place a palm against her
bruised cheek.
Jocelyn's eyelids fluttered before they opened wide
and she looked around startled.
“Thank Kernunnos, you're okay,” Etyran said with a
smile when her eyes flitted around and met his.
“What are those things?” she croaked, as she watched
Faedra fire roast another couple from the sky.
“I do not know, and we do not have time to debate the
question now. We need to get out of
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