The Fallen Stars (A Star Child Novel) Read Free

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    So that was it; they’d come for revenge. They’d come for me. I didn’t even remember meeting this creature, and now she wanted to take me away.
    Lugh inched forward. “Cana, whatever revenge you seek is with me. It is not with him. He has done nothing to you.”
    “Even you cannot be so foolish as to think he has done nothing. Surely you know what he has in his possession? Or maybe not,” the woman called Cana said.
    What I have in my possession?
    Calienta sprang into action. In one moment, she stood between Gabe’s parents and the vicar; in the next, they were all gone. She’d said nothing beforehand, but I could only assume that she’d sent them somewhere safe.
    My girl had serious powers.
    Unfortunately, her actions triggered an attack from Cana and her gang. “The boy!” Cana said, jabbing a short green finger in my direction.
    They began their advance, but didn’t use weapons. Instead, they used magick. Light shot out of their palms like a laser show on the Fourth of July.
    Cana placed her palms right up in front of her and shot fire from her hands. The heat from the flames burned my face as I crouched behind Lugh, who blocked the attack. The pungent smoke made my eyes water and my lungs revolt. I used my sleeve to cover my mouth.
    “K, come on,” Gabe said, grabbing my hand, his other hand on Alistair’s arm. Apparently, Alistair had been unfrozen as the battle began, because he sat with Gabe, looking distinctly annoyed.
    Unarmed, I had enough common sense to realize when I needed to take cover. Staying hunched over, the three of us made our way to a series of boulders at the edge of the lawn and took shelter.
    Gabe’s face held a look of confusion. Despite our situation, I couldn’t help feeling guilty. I’d never told him about Calienta’s identity, about Faerie, about…anything. Man, he was gonna be pissed. I didn’t even want to think about what Alistair was going to have to say about it.
    “Man, what is up with these EMO freaks? And what the H is going on, K?” Gabe asked.
    “Yes, Kellen, what…what he said,” Alistair demanded, actually appearing to turn maroon in color.
    Peering over the rock, I crouched down again just as a portion of it exploded, missing my head by inches. “This really isn’t the best time,” I said, keeping as low as possible behind the rock while still sneaking peeks to try and find Calienta. Then I located her, fighting directly in the middle of the action.
    She shot a wall of water at Cana and some of the other creatures, dousing the flames that resulted from their offense. The intense sound of a raging waterfall filled the vicinity as she fought back. Her defensive tactic appeared to be working at first, until Cana froze the water and it exploded into hundreds of jagged pieces—pieces that headed straight for Calienta.
    Calienta knew how to protect herself. I understood that, but I refused to hide behind a rock any longer while she risked her life. Launching myself out from behind the boulder, I grabbed her hand and pulled her to safety just as the ice would have hurt her. Alistair and Gabe scrambled to make room. Calienta crouched down behind the rocks with me. Mud stained the bottom of her beautiful dress.
    Calienta puffed a strand of hair out of her eyes and scowled at me. “You know, I had a plan, Kellen.” She sounded ticked, despite the lilt of Ireland in her voice.
    Though she made no secret of how I’d pissed her off, we both knew that I’d already sensed her feelings. All I had to do was to be near her and I would be able to recognize her emotions as strongly as if they were my own. That’s how I’d recognized that her love for me carried the same weight as mine did for her.
    “Maybe,” I said, “but I have plans too, and they all involve you. So let’s cut the Indiana Jones routine for the time being, if that’s okay.”
    Her brow furrowed again and she peeked out from behind the rock before crouching back down and staring at