Page 38 of Wings of The Wraith
She tucked her hair behind her ear and looked at me, worry filling her beautiful eyes.
“Dante, the alignment is tomorrow. What if we don’t make it? Those people can find us here, can’t they?”
Knowing the elf queen, she would most likely hand us over on a silver plate. I moved over to sit next to her, resting my back on the tree too.
“They can, but we just have to hope we can make it to the Shadowlands.”
“What happens when we get there?”
“Cave of Endless Night will take away your powers and nothing will be able to reach you once inside.”
“But things are different now. Now Balmora and the necromancer know where we’re going. Doesn’t that make it harder?”
I couldn’t lie to her. “It makes it a hundred times worse, but the cave is still the safest place for you. Even if you’re just inside it. I’ll do everything in my power to make sure nothing gets to you once you’re there.” I assured her.
She thought about it, looked away then back to me.
“You’re not going inside the cave with me. Are you?”
“No Princess.” That part was something I didn’t need to be told. It made perfect sense to assume that the best strategy was for me to stay outside the cave and not lose my power.
I needed to fight Balmora and the Necromancer if they made their presence. My sketchy plan was to get Alyssa inside the cave so they couldn’t track her and then I’d deal with them on the outside.
Hopefully I would be able to do that. I’d try to fight as long as I could, even if that meant fighting until the Star of Elena had retreated again from our sight. It wasn’t long now. Not long at all.
“And I just go inside the cave and sit down?”
“I’m going to go out on the limb and say yes.”
She narrowed her eyes and blinked a few times. “I don’t think I can do that. That wouldn’t be right. If I have your power shouldn’t I do something more?”
“No.” I shook my head. “You will do nothing more than go inside the cave. You aren’t used to our world. It’s too new. Everything is too new and going in guns blazing is a very bad idea.”
I was speaking from experience.
“I just want to do something. Is there really nothing?”
“No. We get through this and I’ll teach you everything you need to know myself. I have an excellent library with books from every era and a state-of-the-art training facility in Picchus. Nothing comes close to it.”
She smiled at me, and color filled her cheeks. “You want to see me after all this? I would have thought you’d happily hand me back to my grandma or drop me back in Washington.”
She gave me a little laugh. A sound I could definitely get used to.
“I don’t think I ever gave you that impression.”
“You didn’t give me any impression.” Seduction filled her eyes as she rested her head back against the tree.
I ran my gaze against the outline of her body. Perfect and sexy in every single way.
Something had brewed in the back of my mind since the night I met her. Right from the moment I cast my eyes on her, standing by that window, terrified.
There was something special about her. Something more than her being a syph. Something more than being told she was my soul mate. Being told something and feeling the power beneath it were two different things.
I felt that was what drew me to her. It was like a power all by itself, but so strong it was tangible.
“If you choose to stay in our world you can’t stay with the witches. They won’t know how to teach you.”
“So, I should stay with you? If I’m going to stay in this world, I should stay with you?” She raised her brows.
