Phoenix Love

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spirits, untamed forces of destruction and hunger. They'd been seen in the area, and since the Phoenix

her's sight, the ability to see more of the spirit world than most people. It came in ha

lowing. The path lead down a few streets and into a dark alley. A blood curdling howl set Raina's hair on edge, th

over with, the better

's betrothed, Marceline McAdams. Raina would never forget the way the people around her went silent, or the look of rage on Marceline's face. It had scared her. Raina and her younger sister, Beryl, had only been invited because they we

she pulled her knives from the sheathes tied to her belt and summoned the fire the Phoenix had granted her. Blue flames burst from the knives and flowed up her arms, stopping r

t behind it. With a well aimed throw, she imbedded one of the daggers in the back of it's neck before it had time to turn around. Her combat instincts were a cu

hese fights. She let him, it was easier than him snapping at her every move. His dark hair was tied back into a short ponytail, his leather armor tight, showing off his incredible physique. He lunged for an opening, but it was obviously a trap. The wolf spun faster than any normal animal ever c

racks. If she had thought about it at all, she would have left him to

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aina flinch. He'd never physically hurt h

eather boots, she said; "I'm sorry, my lord. I'll refrain from taking unnecessary me

ct so subservient makes me sick." He turned on his hee

the missing dagger from the spirit's corpse. All that was left

u?" He slowed to a stop, but he didn't turn aroun

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ird must already be dead, or it would have been with it

er off with a glare c

led in comparison to the duties of a heir of one of the great houses. He had to learn two businesses, the spirit wielder organization, Dust, and Spark technology, the normal business they ran to keep the normal people from looking too deep into the family and finding something they shoul

embossed on the back, a sparrow with an arrow and bow crossed behind it. Once, her family had been high ranking in the world of spirit wielders, famous for their marksmanship and their sight. There wasn't a spirit they couldn't track and kill. But someone ha

Raina's mind that Beryl was probably still working on her new invention. Once she got into the zone, she would forget to eat, sleep, do anything other than work. She dug into her work like a tick.

They had been laughing before they noticed the giant red wolf. Once they saw it, they stopped, falling silent. The wolf sniffed the air and growled again, turning to face the newcomers. It dashed forward,

r the handsome man in the white suit. Luckily she intercepted the strike, unluckily, she did so with her own body. It's claws cut through h

e die? Making a rookie mistake? The pain was unbearable, her vision tunneling.