Alaryk yelled after me. “This is what happens when you fight destiny, my love. Remember, this all could have been avoided if you’d just come with me, but don’t worry, I’ll give you time to grieve before I come back for you.”
Alaryk’s words cut straight through my heart as a darkness began to come over me with every step I took. The fury raging through me took precedence over everything else as creatures began to disappear and the path to my parents cleared.
Their lifeless bodies lay at the footsteps of town hall, both bleeding from daggers in their chests. I collapsed between them, wrapping one arm around each of their waists as tears ran down my cheeks. There wasn’t an inch of me that wasn’t breaking from the anguish of seeing my parents motionless on the ground.
I could hear my voice being called, but I ignored them as I let the hate for Alaryk rise to the surface. I wanted it to consume everything I was, and I wanted to kill him. He’d taken my only family from me, and I wasn’t going to let him get away with it. Not even if I had to go dark to accomplish the task.
As I attempted to dry the tears I’d shed for my mother and father, thunder sounded in the distance. It was a noise that didn’t belong in the perfect climate of Arvayta but called to me, nonetheless. As I raised myself up, I looked to the sky, calling the powerful energy of the storm brewing to me.
“Kali, you need to stop,” Jordan said cautiously, and when my eyes met hers, she took a step back.
“Who’s going to make me?”
Just as lightning shot down from the sky, straight for my body, Ryland wrapped his arms around me, absorbing the hit alongside me. His hands moved to my face, and everything around us faded except the glow of power I wanted all to myself in order to remove Alaryk’s existence from the worlds.
“Let’s do this together, Kali. You and me. We will end him. You’re not alone, and I will help you carry this burden.” His words were strong, forceful, and demanding.
My head shook as tears still trailed down my face. “He took them. I have to make him pay.”
“And you will. I’ll make sure of it, even if it’s the last thing I do.”
His eyes called to the darkness growing within me, forcing it down by the second. When I finally nodded, the storm dissipated, and Ryland pulled me into his arms. I allowed him to take some of the weight from my shoulders, but as I glanced down at my parents’ prone bodies, I knew it was just the beginning.
A storm was about to rage, and I was going to destroy everything in my path.
Continue Kali’s story in the final installment of Royal Fae Guardians called Of Blood and Sacrifce! Now available for preorder and releasing June 2020!
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Acknowledgments
A huge thank you to my bestie and editor who has read some version of this story probably a million and one too many times. I love you, Jamie!
Thank you to Michelle for loving these characters almost as much as I do!
As always, the biggest of thanks to my readers who keep me motivated to continue writing all the words!
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Heather Renee is a USA Today bestselling author who lives in Oregon. She writes urban fantasy and paranormal romance novels with a mixture of adventure, humor, and sass. Her love of reading eventually led to her passion for writing and giving the gift of escapism.
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