Dark Angel Academy (The Complete Series) - G. Bailey Page 0,17
and Vesnia bring their horses over to me, and I look between them awkwardly.
“Erm, why don’t you two team up, and I will find someone else?” I awkwardly state.
“I will race with you, darlin’,” Henry proclaims, and I turn to see him walking over to me, his majestic as fuck horse behind him. His horse is pure black with long legs, which have a bit of hair around their ankles, and a massive mane of hair that touches the ground. Next to my horse, they are literally black and white.
“Wouldn’t it be a little unfair, considering you are a year older?” Riley asks as I can’t take my eyes off Henry to ask that logical question myself.
“Do you want to ask Professor Happy-to-snap-any-neck Nina?” Henry questions with a smirk. “Go ahead. It will be fucking entertaining to see her kill you.”
“It’s cool. You two race, and I will race Henry,” I cut in before Riley actually replies to that taunt. Ves nods at me, turning her horse around, and after a few seconds of Riley glaring at Henry, and Henry smiling back, he leaves with her. I let out the breath I was holding and go to Ayda’s side. Placing my foot in the stirrup, I pull myself onto her back and hold her reins close as I get comfy. Henry simply uses his wings to fly up off the ground and swing his leg over his horse.
“What’s your horse’s name?” I ask.
He watches me for more than a second under those dark locks of hair. “His name is Maze.”
“This is Ayda,” I reply. “Why did you offer to race me? Surely you have better things to do.”
“Well, actually, doing you would be a better thing,” he drawls, and I laugh against my better judgment.
“That isn’t happening, Henry-boy,” I warn him.
“Trust me, I’m no boy. Tell you what, if I win this race, you go on a date with me,” he darkly suggests.
“And if I win?”
“I owe you a favour. And trust me, a favour from a king is priceless,” he replies, and I don’t doubt it.
“Deal,” I say before I can stop myself. Shut up, Kaitlyn. He is clearly going to beat you, and a date with a dark angel is a bad idea.
“Gather around in a line next to your partner!” Professor Nina shouts. With a click of his tongue, Henry moves Maze, and I follow him right to the front of the line. When another guy on his horse tries to move in front of us, Henry only has to look at him, and he decides the back of the line is cool. Professor Nina smiles warmly at Henry as she stops in front of us and points off the edge of the island. “I have placed magical rings in the air, and you have to pass through each of them until you get to the end of the race on the other side of the academy. When you finish the race, you’re free to undo your horse’s saddle and then have the rest of the day to yourselves. We will race one at a time. Are you two ready?”
“Ready,” I answer, leaning up a little and swallowing any fear I have about this.
“You know the answer, Nina,” Henry replies and smirks at her. Urgh, guys suck.
“On the count of five. Five, four, three, two, one and go!” Ayda clearly has a competitive side, the same as me, as she takes off and then spreads her wings out as we get to the end of the cliff and dive off. I lean down close to her body as I blink away the tears from the cold, biting fresh air to see one of the large rings in the air. It’s a glowing circle full of symbols, just hanging in the air. I grab Ayda’s reins tightly as Henry simply flies through it, and we follow just after him. His horse has serious speed as we follow right behind them around the bottom of the rocky academy. I’m inches away from Henry when a gust of wind blows us both a little to the left, and I scream as I slam into some rocks, cutting all my arm and cheek. Ayda cries out, and I look at her side to see she is bleeding, but then it heals before my eyes. Henry turns around, looking back, and I nod once. I don’t need his help.
“We can beat them, right, girl?” I ask Ayda, and she turns back, meeting