Page 139 of Vardaesia
Thirty-Eight
Mortal and immortal alike were thrown backwardsas Aven’s power hit them, Alex included. Kaiden’s force field protected her from the brunt of the impact, but it soon dissolved, leaving her watching from the ground as draekons and veeyons plunged out of the sky, slamming into the earth, shaking it with every collision.
Immobile, Alex heard nothing over the ringing of her ears, saw nothing past the stars that began dotting her vision.
Get up, get up, get up, she willed herself, knowing this wasn’t over.
And yet, as she uttered a groan and struggled into a seated position, as her vision cleared and her hearing quieted, she realised that itwasover.
Because no one else was getting up.
Everywhere she looked, she saw open, unblinking eyes.
Alex vomited again.
And again.
And again.
Because that’s when she saw them.
Kaiden. Jordan. Bear. Declan.
Dead.
Roka. Kyia. Zain.
Dead.
Darrius. Fletcher. Karter. Hunter.
Dead.
Humans. Shadow Walkers. Dayriders. Flips. Jarnocks. Meyarins.
Dead.
All dead.
Friend or foe, Aven hadn’t cared who he had taken down with his death blow. And from the lack of sound in the Gen-Sec building, Alex knew his power had extended there, too.
Her parents.
Dead.
D.C.
Dead.
The Ronnigans.
Dead.
Everyone she loved—dead, dead,dead.
A field of death surrounded her.
And she alone had survived, all because Kaiden had used his last moment to protect her,to save her.
