it didn’t work, but then the spot where I threw the dagger starts to turn black, bleeding light onto the floor and making a giant hole in the ground.
“I am Kaitlyn Lightson, Queen of the Vampires, and you will be forgotten, fake god,” I shout as the floor starts to violently shake, almost knocking me over, but I manage to hold onto the wall to hold me up. The light above screams, the noise so unholy and painful that I wonder if my ears will bleed. I cover them as I run out of the room, turning to the clearing for Ayda when I see she isn’t there, and instead, the floor is covered in fallen pillars. Rushing, I grab my whistle just as another shake sends me flying across the floor towards the edge of the castle. I grab hold of a rock, cutting my hand and arm as I struggle to hold onto the castle. The screaming of the light above comes to a sudden stop, and I look up as white light explodes from the room he was in, and the blast pushes me far into the air with no one to catch my fall.
Chapter 18
Erendriel Raloxisys
Smothered in angel blood, I swing my sword through another angel before tossing him aside and tugging my sword out of his chest. The battlefield is nothing more than bodies and blood, lining the grass and rocks like ribbons on a painting. Wolves run through the crowd, leaping into the air and catching angels’ wings, dragging them to the ground for vampires or demons to finish off the kill. Everyone is working together, keeping each other alive even as so many more angels flood the battlefield, and our numbers are struggling, that much is clear. I run across a small clearing, just as Henry runs angels through with his spear and steps back, meeting my eyes.
We both think the same thing. Where the hell is Kaitlyn?
I sense her, and she is fine, but she isn’t near. A noise like no other rattles in all our ears, and we all come to a stop, looking up at the sky where the noise is coming from. I just about resist falling to my knees at the noise, but everyone else other than the angels, doesn’t. The angels float in the air, many hovering above the large sea in front of us, looking up at the sky.
“The Great Light is dead,” Henry gasps, holding his chest just before he falls into the mud and blood. Angels everywhere suddenly pass out, falling to the ground or into the sea in front of our eyes.
Suddenly I know exactly where my mate is. And who she just killed.
“Catch the angels! Don’t let them drown!” I shout across the field. I may hate their existence for what they have done, but this is not how we want to be remembered for winning the war. Letting the elements kill them is not an honourable death, and they are in need of help. Maybe if we help them...the goddesses might shine on the vampires once more.
And let me save my queen.
The tales queen, the wolves and the princes of hell start making the same commands as the noise stops, and I run to Henry, turning him over on his back, checking his pulse. He is alive, thankfully. Kaitlyn might just kill me herself if anything happened to her mates. I look up just as Ayda breaks out of the clouds, flying down to me and landing at my side.
“Good girl. Take me to her,” I demand, jumping on her back and grabbing her reins. She runs fast, flying quickly into the air and taking off towards the city. We pass the academy just as bright white light flashes in front of my eyes, and a blast like nothing I’ve felt slams into us, throwing me off Ayda into the open sky.
Kaitlyn!
Chapter 19
Groggily I wake up, the warmth of someone’s chest against my head lulling me into a false sense of safety as warm air whips against my face. A single wet tear drops onto my cheek, snapping me out of the lull I was under as I look down at the brown horse I’m resting on. I turn my head up to see Riley holding onto me, flying the horse down towards the academy, or what is left of it.
His usually golden skin is deathly pale, and his hands shake as he holds onto me. I’m speechless, lost in why