The Witch & the Dragon by (DREADMOR DARK ACADEMY #2) Lisa Daniels EPUB & PDF – eBook Details Online
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- Authors: Lisa Daniels
- Language: English
- Genre: Paranormal / Sci-Fi
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A pale stretch of pondweed covered most of the water. Chloe,
along with the other students, inched closer under the watchful
eye of their professor.
“Steady now, students,” Professor Umber said. “Don’t disturb the
plants too much. That’s it…” He held up his hand just as something churned
in the murky green depths. “There, we have movement. Minimal talking,
please.”
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Chloe gulped and grabbed the arm of Harrow, who simply observed
the whole thing with a detached air. “Does nothing scare you, Harrow?”
Chloe hissed quietly, not wanting to draw the professor’s ire.
“Why should it? Clearly, the teacher is not going to do something that
will get his students killed.” Harrow’s cool expression and demeanor didn’t
transfer to the other students.
“I… appreciate the sentiment, Miss Harrow,” Professor Umber
replied tartly. “Now, please be quiet. I won’t tell you again.”
Eight students hovered at the pond’s edge, part of a mandatory trip to
become acquainted with Dreadmor Academy’s supernatural wildlife. Since
the trip was required, Dreadmor couldn’t be held liable if any students were
to foolishly get themselves killed by said wildlife. People might be a little
upset otherwise.
Out of curiosity, Chloe checked her cellphone for “Dreadmor casualty
rates” and found the number to be a lot lower than she’d expected. At
least… in the last thirty years.
Harrow leaned over and looked at her phone, one eyebrow crooked.
“Huh, I expected the number to be higher. My mom’s been saying that
maybe I should have picked Lostwithiel or Tahun instead – very safe
schools by comparison.”
Archon Academy only accepted those with werewolf lineage, whether
the person could transform fully or happened to have some greatgrandmother who had inherited the bloodline from her second cousin.
Professor Umber glared at her, his blue eyes now murderous, and
Harrow trailed off into silence. The pond waters stirred, and what looked
like a trailing, writhing mass broke the surface. The students let out a
collective gasp. Several staggered back as the pondweed slid off a distorted,
twisted humanoid form with pale green eyes, a sunken, emaciated face,
long, curling fingers, and a naked body, but without any discerning parts to
denote it as male or female. The creature’s oddly pale eyes darted from
student to student, and the spidery fingers twitched.
“This,” Professor Umber said, “is a Jenny Greenteeth. Also known as
a Wicked Jenny or Ginny Greenteeth. She’s a river hag. Folklore will tell
you she’s a wicked, evil thing that’ll drown anyone you care about, such as
a child playing nearby or an old woman or man minding their own business.
Anyone can be ensnared by those wicked fingers and drowned.”
The more Professor Umber described the river hag, the more ill Chloe
felt. Her own powers now started tingling – not the oracle part – that was
never reliable – but the strange gut instinct sensation that gave her a
personal premonition of danger. Sometimes. This… thing was dangerous
indeed. As if sensing Chloe’s own trepidation, the river hag now slid those
cold eyes toward her.
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