Rogue Fey: Tales of the Ithereal, #3

By Tiffany Shand

She's a rogue fey.
He's a mage hunter who shouldn't love her.
Now they are fugitives on the run.

Sera struggles to uncover the secrets of the keystone, an ancient artifact believed to be the key to saving the fey from the brutal reign of mages. While Bastian helps her to keep one step ahead of the tyrant that is his father, the high council leader of the mages, another, darker threat looms on the horizon. 

The netherworld has been breached…and the demons are here.

The mages have doomed them all with their lust for technology and weapons. Now they've triggered deadly rifts that have allowed demons into their world. While Sera had hoped for the keystone to deliver secrets to save her people, now she must find out it's true power and what connection it really has to the demons.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Tiffany Shand
• Release date: Apr 7, 2019
• ISBN: 9781386906230

Tiffany Shand

Tiffany Shand was born in Essex, UK and started writing short stories when she was a child. She has always done writing in one form or another and started writing novels in her early teens. She writes both non-fiction and fiction, but mostly fantasy and paranormal romance. After doing a creative writing course in her early 20s she is now a freelance writer and professional proofreader. Tiffany lives in Essex with her two spoiled cats and one very nutty hamster.

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ROGUE FEY

TALES OF THE ITHEREAL PART 3

BY TIFFANY SHAND

Copyright © 2018 Tiffany Shand

All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any means without the prior written consent of the author, except for brief quotes in reviews.

This book is a work of fiction. People, places, events and situations are the product of the author’s imagination. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, or historical events, is purely coincidental.

Cover Design by Brosedesigns

Table of Contents

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

Chapter 5

Chapter 6

Chapter 7

Chapter 8

Chapter 9

Chapter 10

Chapter 11

Chapter 12

Chapter 13

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About the author

Chapter 1

SERAFINA VALEON GRIPPED the armrests of her seat and heard the drone of a much larger airship not far behind them. We’re going to crash! Sera cried as Bas swung the jumper around. The small airship groaned as her husband made it bank a sharp left.

Liana and Niall who sat in the back of the ship both cried out as they were almost pulled from their seats.

Geez, Bastian, watch it! Liana snapped.

I’m trying, Bas snapped back. The jumper is too damaged to control properly. If we take another hit, we’ll crash. I don’t know how long I can keep this thing flying.

Sera gripped the edge of her seat, hearing the groan of a massive airship not far behind them. How the heck had the mages found them again so fast? After escaping from the Ashran compound and the clutches of the hunters who were looking for them, they’d spent the night in a nearby forest they’d thought they were safe.

Try aiming for those trees, Niall said, pointing to a canopy of trees ahead of them. We should be able to land somewhere nearby.

Bas tried again, but the jumper continued banking left. Sera sensed his panic as she spotted the hunters’ ship getting ever closer.

How far are we from Layard’s cabin? she asked, pushing her long blonde off her face.

Bas shook his head. We’ll never make it there now. Damn it! I thought we’d have enough time before they caught up with us. He gripped the controls and glanced back at the others. Brace yourselves; we’re going in.

Sera stared at the ship chasing them on the jumper’s screen, just as they were preparing to fire on them again. I could create a glamour. She’d been considering the idea throughout their vigorous journey and trying to decide how she’d manage it. Now seemed like a good time to try and see if it would work.

Bas gave her a hard look. To cover the whole ship?

I can try. She bit her lip, though she didn’t feel as confident as she sounded. I’m open to suggestions.

Bas looked at the console then nodded. Do it.

Light flared in Sera’s hands as she conjured a glamour. White light glistened around her body, expanding outwards. Glamours worked by camouflaging and making someone or something blend in with its surroundings. But she’d never glamoured something as massive as the jumper before.

She gritted her teeth as the light enveloped everything. Hurry, I can’t hold it for long.

Bas pressed a few buttons causing the jumper to spin to one side, flipped upside down then dropped like a stone through the mass of trees. An alarm screeched in warning of an impending impact.

Sera lost her grip on the magic and squeezed her eyes shut, feeling the blood rushing to her head. Her worst nightmare of flying in airships had finally come true. They would crash. She braced herself the inevitable as her stomach flip-flopped. She waited, expecting to feel the force from the impact, the crush of metal and bone – but it didn’t come.

For a second, Sera opened her eyes again. When she saw Bastian gripping the controls, she felt a ray of hope. If anyone could get them out of this, it would be him. Her stomach recoiled as he forced the ship up the right way with cries of alarm from Niall and Liana.

We’re going down! Bas yelled.

The jumper broke through the canopy, falling in a blur of black. It hit the ground with a loud groan of metal, but they were down and still alive. For now, at least.

Sera took a breath then another before yanking off her belt. Bas? She turned to stare at him, desperate to know if he was alright.

Bas lay slumped in his seat, eyes closed.

She spun around to check on the others, relieved when she saw her foster sister Liana still moving.

Ow! Li groaned. If mages were supposed to fly, they would have been born with bloody wings! I hate technology!

Are you alright? She moved to check on Bas. She felt a steady pulse at his throat as she sent healing energy into him.

I’ll live. Li rubbed her head and yanked off her seat belt. Niall? Niall, wake up! Her eyes widened. Sera, I hear the other ship! Damn it; we need to get out of here. She tugged at Niall’s seat belt, trying to get him loose.

Shush, keep still and stay quiet, she hissed.

Sera felt the hum of power from outside where ley lines ran through the earth. She tugged at them and wrapped a glamour around them, hiding the fallen jumper. It wouldn’t last long; her strength was waning, and she prayed the ship wouldn’t stay too long looking for them.

Niall’s out cold, Li said.

They heard the whir of the engines overhead circling the area. At least now she had the aid of the lines, she could hold the glamour a little longer. The ship circled twice before finally retreating.

Sera dropped the glamour, breathing a sigh of relief. She checked on Bas and Niall but sensed they were both alright, aside from a few scrapes and bruises. She sent energy into both, and they soon woke up. They were both groggy, and it took a few seconds for them to become fully alert, but at least they were alive.

Where are we? Bas clutched his head, rubbing his scalp.

No idea, but the hunters have gone. Sera gave him a quick hug and ruffled his hair. Good thing you have a hard head.

Bas stood up and examined the console. This is bad. We’ve got no power. Shit, this could take weeks to repair.

At least we are all still in one piece. Sera checked Niall’s bruised shoulder, but he shrugged her off as he joined Bas by the console.

Sera moved to the back of the jumper and tried to open the door, but it refused to budge. She drew magic and forced the mechanism to move. The door groaned open, landing with a thud as it gave way. Smoke filled the air from trees as they burned. Li, fire!

Li sprang up and headed off, using her dragon abilities to douse the flames. Dragons were immune to fire and could easily extinguish it with their magic. Li raised her hands, and the fire fizzled out.

We’re going to be stuck here a while, Bas told her. We drifted off course. By my calculations were at least a hundred miles from Layard’s cabin. The jumper won’t be flying again anytime soon. Circuits sparked and flashed as the ship’s remaining powers drained away.

Guess we’ll just have to make the best of it then, she said. We’ll need to make a camp. We can’t sleep in here. Li and I will get some tents set up while you get to work on the jumper.

Bas ran a hand through his hair. "Maybe you and Li can find