We sent Hetta, Imogen, and Bodhi back to rally the others.
We're giving the fliers some sort of choice, if they don't want to fight for Navarre that's their choice they don't owe them a life, first years stay back unless they manifested and want to fight.
I gave the personal strict orders Sloane does not leave Aretia. I'm not letting her get hurt, or see these things yet, I know she isn't ready.
Garrick, Xaden, myself, Brennan and Mira all follow my mother with the others flying behind, no way I'm letting Koda get behind me. Riven seems a bit off glancing back a few times, I'm sure knowing we'll be having some sort of interaction IF we don't die by the end of the week.
My mother falls back on Aimsir looking us all up like we're a meal, " Do you have any ideas or are you just going to fly there glowering like children?"
" Haven't decided yet, I mean... here you are asking your children to fight battles for you.. Once again." Brennan retorts.
She looks taken back but schools her expression to one of stone yet again, " How did you survive?"
" Naolin tried mending me.. That's all I remember."
" And where is this Naolin now?" She pushes.
He was silent.
" How many are there? students? staff?" Xaden asks his face furrowed already scrapping together some sort of plan.
" Only 125 between all the ranks and wings in the Riders quadrants. 600 in Infantry, the normal 250 selected for the healers and scribes." Melgren comments keeping his face and body straight rideing on the colossal black dragon.
My heart nearly drops.
" Only 125 riders left?! What happened to all of them there needed to be close to 300 by the time we left!"
" 75 were transitioning venin.." My mother utters, " and the remaining 100..asked the wrong questions...should've left with you, were the source the transitioning were taking from or.. died in the other challenges or classes."
" How the hell would there be 75 of initiate venins if the students didn't even know they exsited?" Garrick points out giving a more then valid point. I look back to my mother, to melgren and Carr... though none of them spoke for a beat until Carr did. " The wards are weakening.... means they could pull from the source-"
" That still doesn't make sense." I counter, " I didn't even know what a venin or wyvern even was besides the bad guys in the fables until Riorson and the others told me and I saw them myself. I felt power all the time but that came from my signet and the dragons I don't think you can just...take without being directed right?
" They must've been under your watchful noses this whole time." Brennan retorts making sure to rub in they've been fooled yet again. " I don't think your hush and killing is working. Everyone would know by know how to keep a secret."
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WhiteBlood- Book 2 ( HalfBlood Series- FW FF)
Fanfiction' You have Chaos in your soul, and lightning in your veins... Freya.. You were born for miraculous things.' She's alive. Her soul is dead but she's alive. After seeing death something changed, she no longer wanted the better, she wanted war. She got...
