that are the exact same white metal with a silver handle. I nearly drop the sword in my hand when I look behind me and see the endless rows of prisoners standing in the common area, silently waiting.
“What the fuck?” I whisper to myself, noticing the strange white film glazing their eyes.
Dark, dark magic stings the air around me, and around all the others. The kind of I have never once sensed before and immediately I fear. I must have been under the same spell as them, and that’s why Kaelah told me to wake up. I don’t know how I got here, but I need to find my guys, Sage, and Memphis, and then get the hell out of here.
Eva’s laugh drifts to my ears and I duck under the prisoner’s wings in front of me, coming out to the front of the rows of prisons. A large portal, shimmering with dark magic, takes up the wall and in front of it is Eva in her full princess gear, looking like a psychopath in pretty clothes that do little to mask her darkened soul. Next to her is Ronan, dressed like a prince in full uniform and with deadly weapons at his side. His dark wings don’t suit him and being fae has not made him any less an asshole. He sees me first, a dark smirk stretching across his lips as he leans closer to Eva, whispering in her ear.
Her narrowed gaze falls on me and the smile she had melts away. “Of course you would resist the spell. I told your foolish mother you wouldn’t be so easy to control like my other warriors. She is so desperate for me to accept you, for my father to accept you, that she would do anything, even defy me.”
“What the fuck are you talking about?” I walk right up to her, a steady grip on my sword.
Her eyes flicker to the weapon and then back to me. A grin curls the edges of the lips. “I’ve been trained my entire life to fighting scum like you. I’m the crown princess of Helios. Do you really think you stand a chance?”
“Come at me then, princess. Someone needs to put you in your place in this prison,” I answer, knowing that I’m going down with a fight. I still remember Kaelah in my dreams…and if she is right, my guys will be backing me up soon. Then we can jump through that portal and get the hell out of here. Eva gives a dramatic sigh as Ronan hands her a sword and bows. I make sure his eyes lock on mine as I point the tip of my sword in his direction.
“I know what you did to Corvina and you’re next!”
For a moment he turns a little pale around the gills, but Eva just laughs, almost sounding sweet.
“How funny it is that you both met and bonded at Shadowborn Academy,” she says, her smile turning into a sneer. “You don’t even know who you are to each other.”
She uses my moment of confusion to attack me but I’m quick, blocking her hit and shoving her a distance away. We circle each other as she spins her sword in her hand in a fancy way that I’m sure is meant to impress someone. It just makes me want to beat her even more.
“Friends?” I answer with a smile. “Something I’m positive you have no experience in having.”
Eva charges, our swords meet in the air. I have to give it to her; she has the skills and the strength needed to hold a sword. The second we are close enough, I elbow her hard in her face and she screams, stumbling back and holding her bloody nose. Unfortunately, she’s fae, which means she’ll heal quickly. But I take more pleasure from seeing her bleed.
The psycho bitch deserves it.
“That is not how to properly fight,” she shouts at me, looking close to having a tantrum like a little kid. If this is what royal fae are made of, it’s a wonder they still rule.
A sword presses against my neck and I follow it down to see Ronan holding it.
“I guess we weren’t brought up the same,” I dryly reply. “In my world, this is a coward’s way to win a one-on-one fight.”
Eva laughs, though there’s nothing joyful about the sound. “If your mother had her way, you would have been brought up as my sister and played the same games as me to get