Lord of Chaos (The Dragon Demigods #7) - Charlene Hartnady Page 0,55
ramming my head into his side. I hear the air leave his lungs. I feel him land hard under me, and then I’m on the ground as he disappears out from under me. Asshole! How can you fight someone who can turn into thin air?
Then I’m being pulled into a vortex of my own as I’m teleported. I land hard, feeling dizzier than before. My head is spinning, and I start to gag.
Just as my head starts to clear, I am in the vortex again. I think I scream this time because my throat hurts. My stomach rolls as I land in a heap. My mouth fills with saliva, which I swallow down. I gag, and then I gag again. My breakfast is in danger of coming up. I’m so dizzy I can’t see a thing. “Nia,” I somehow manage to push out.
Did she get away?
Where is she now?
Before I can gain my senses or do anything, I’m in the vortex again. My eyes are squeezed tightly shut as I feel my stomach drop and clench. I feel the air displace. I have that feeling of weightlessness, and the nausea is something else; I’m going to throw up.
I moan as I land hard. “No…no…” It’s all I manage to get out. I can’t move. Nausea is rolling through me in waves. I think I dry heave, but I’m not sure. “Easy, buddy,” I hear a voice say. It’s a voice I recognize, but I can’t place it. I think he says something else, but I don’t hear because I’m gagging too much. I’m not sure how I haven’t thrown up. I can’t move. I think I’m still moaning. I’m quite sure I have drool running down my cheek, but I can’t trust my senses. I’m a mess.
“Why is he so out of it?”
“He’s been teleported several times in quick succession,” a woman says.
I try to say Nia’s name but only because that doesn’t sound like her. Where is she? What’s going on?
“How long will he be like this?” the male voice asks.
“I’m not sure.”
“What happened? Why did you need to teleport so many times?” the guy asks.
The woman answers him. She knows some of what is going on. Who is she? I can’t place her. How does she know all of this?
I think the guy is Jarrod. I’m almost positive. I roll onto my side and gag. The change in position has brought on a fresh bout of nausea. I’m trying to get myself through this. I don’t hear Nia. If Gaire has her— I don’t want to think about that right now.
I have to, though. If he has her, I’m going to get myself a couple of weapons. Even if he doesn’t have her, I’m done playing nice. I want my own silver sword. I might even get myself a gun and some silver bullets. Fuck him!
I groan as I push up onto all fours. I open my eyes. The ground is spinning. It takes several minutes before I start to feel even half normal.
“I’m so sorry,” the woman says to me. “I had to move around before I brought you here.”
Star!
It’s Star. She is part of the group we met recently. They’re also dragon demigods. They were born to a different weyr. She’s the daughter of Hades and has the same ability to teleport as her half-brothers.
“Nia,” I get the word out, wiping my face on my shirtsleeve. I almost fall over onto my side but keep myself up using sheer willpower.
“You’ll feel better in a minute,” she says. “You look like you’re over the worst.”
“You got yourself mixed up with a Hunter,” Jarrod says. “Your dog is actually a hellhound.” He looks shell-shocked.
“Yes,” I say. “Seems that way. Nia,” I repeat. “Where is she?” I want to stand, but I fear I’ll fall over, so I sit instead.
“Death is with her. He’s teleporting her in a similar way to what I did with you,” Star tells me.
“It’s taking…too long,” I say.
“I’m sure they’ll be here any second. He told me to come here, so…” She shrugs.
“Shit!” I manage to get to my feet. I’m swaying a little. Teleporting can take it out of a person. Even Star looks pale. “We had to hop to various locations so that Gaire would struggle to keep up. As I said, Death is doing the same. He might even have Gaire on his tail as we speak.”
“That fucker had better not take her. Or do anything to Death.”