Ashborn Chapter 5
She was chosen last. He chose only her. Together, they could end the Riders—or become something far more dangerous.
Three months had passed since the bonding ceremony. Winter had firmly set in over Sylphion, with a heavy snowfall for today’s training session.
Three months of drills, bruises, freezing air, fire-breath close calls, and Veyrakh’s nonstop commentary.
You would think, Veyrakh said, they’d cancel aerials in a blizzard. But no. Let’s just send the girls up into the sky blind and half frozen.
“It builds muscle memory.” I muttered into the balaclava covering my face. “And we train as we fight. We can’t depend on the enemy waiting for a lovely spring day.”
It builds frostbite.
We were halfway through a precision dive sequence when three sharp blasts from the horns sounded, followed by a longer one.
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