by CK Dawn
Bram looked into the sky and shook his head in disbelief.
“Bram, did you hear me? How are we going to stop the scorch? We just lost our ride.”
He gave her a sly wink. “We’ve got a ride.” Bram looked back up into the sky and whistled, calling out, “Tenebris, is that you, old friend? Reveal yourself. We need you.”
Tenebris cawed again, but Chloe still couldn’t see anything.
Dust and wind began to swirl behind them as what Chloe could only guess to be the invisible raven landed. As he shook his feathers, his form slowly appeared as if it were melting back into existence. He gave Bram one more loud caw for good measure.
Several of the naval officers in the approaching group stopped, taking aim at the massive raven with their weapons drawn.
“He’s with us!” Bram’s booming voice lashed out at the group. His drill-sergeant tone had even startled Chloe. There was a fierceness to it she’d never heard before. In three simple words, he had demanded the group’s obedience. They complied. They had even started walking casually towards them, once again. Bram turned back to Chloe, confident that, for the time being, they were safe from attacks on any front, human or fae. He smiled at her and pulled the human element from his glamour, exposing his armor-tipped ears. “I’m done hiding.”
Tenebris purred his approval. Runes that seemed to be carved in intricate patterns under the giant raven’s feathers began to glow a deep, dark red. Chloe hadn’t noticed them when she’d first seen Tenebris in Mary’s shop.
“What do you say?” Bram asked, flashing her with his same warm smile he always saved for her. “Today, we help friends bury their loved ones? Tomorrow, we take the battle to them.” He spat the last word and nodded towards the burning ferry.
“No,” she stated coolly.
Bram gave her a momentary look of confusion.
“We’re not going to just take the battle to them,” she said.
Just then, Bram gave her a sinister smirk, reminiscent of the smile she had given him at the start of their journey. It was almost as if he anticipated what she was about to say next and realized that, maybe, she even accepted him for what he truly was.
“No,” she stated again, giving him the same devious smile. “Tomorrow...we’re bringing War!”
Ready for the next installment in the Reign of Fae series? Check out SCORCHED UPRISING!
SCORCHED UPRISING
Most humans have fallen prey to the scorch. Only one will rise... a hero.
Who would have thought that War would be one of the good guys? Yes, one of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse —THAT War!
Mere mortal Chloe Etain did, that's who.
She's still an unstoppable human and he's still an immovable beast, and now they know how to stop the other Horsemen. But will Bram surrender to his beast, losing himself completely in the process, all to save earth and humanity...all to save her?
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USA Today Bestselling author, coffee loving gamer girl, and sci-fi enthusiast. CK Dawn always loved to snuggle up with her cat Hagrid (the shadow-seer & Netherwalker inspiration) and read. But with a nudge of encouragement from her lil’ sis, she found writing fantasy stories was even better than only reading them. So, a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away, CK let her unique modern tale of knights and Camelot dancing in her head take form and fly with Cloak of Shadows, her Readers' Favorite award winning debut novel from the Netherwalker Series. Now, you can find CK writing in the witching hours with Hagrid by her side while being distracted, far too often, by social media. There's more fantasy adventures to come. Seriously, the stories have only just begun.
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