Dawn of a New Age: A Sons of Satrina Novel Read Online Free
Author: Kristan Belle
forced the idea of the field exercise and now he was left cleaning up their mess.
Kelton was far from stupid. He knew that they had used the field exercise as leverage to try and get him to bend and accept their leadership offer. Well, their plan had well and truly backfired on them, in more ways than one. He was perfectly satisfied with his role of Master Warrior and the head of the academy and the warriors as a whole. The last thing he needed in his life was to get caught up in the bullshit politics of the council and everything else that came with leading the Lamia Matris race. For now he was content with being in charge of his own small world. That was enough for him. Kelton didn’t want the whole world at his feet. He already had more than enough to contend with, thank you very much.
Coffee. He needed gallons and gallons of coffee to see him through the next few hours. Dawn was already approaching fast but Kelton knew that sleep would still be a long way off yet. There was no way that he would be able to calm his nerves down enough to relax his mind into a restful sleep state, not while there was still so much to do.
He decided to head out of his office and go and find Kayleigh. It was useless for him to stay in the office when he was refusing to speak to anyone, anyway. He had to keep on moving and knew that she would probably be down in the medical suite, checking on the injured.
Running a hand over his shaven head, Kelton resolutely walked down the long winding corridors, nodding politely to the warriors that he passed, but not stopping to speak to any of them. He wanted to check on Jackson and Aisline himself. The poor girl had looked a complete bloody mess when they had brought her back in. His blood boiled when he thought of all that she had been through. They had beaten her to within an inch of her life. They had tied her up and left her to die in a room that danced with fire. It was mainly with thanks to Jackson and his quick thinking that they had got her out of there still breathing. It had been a close call.
He was pleased that he had made the right call on taking Jackson out on the rescue mission. It had been a tough decision to make, seeing as the boy was still only a trainee, but they might not have managed to get her out of there without him. Of course, there was still the issue of Jackson not following direct orders and assaulting a Master Warrior, but that could all wait. Kelton had managed to clean up most of the blood off his face but his nose still throbbed dully from the kid breaking it with an awesome head-butt. He’d suffered much worse injuries than that in the past, but never at the hands of one of his fellow warriors and certainly not a trainee.
Kelton had to grin to himself when he thought of Jackson. The boy had gone in there like a bull in a china shop, nothing would have ever been able to stop him from getting Aisline out of danger. Sure, he knew that he couldn’t let the boy get away with what he had done, but he certainly respected the boy’s motivation and dedication. If it had been Kayleigh that had been stuck in that burning building, he knew that he would have done the exact same thing. No one and nothing would have been able to stop him from getting to her when she needed him the most.
Speeding up his steps and dodging a group of trainees that were loitering in the dark hallways, Kelton was suddenly filled with the sudden need to see Leigh. She was his anchor. She was what kept him grounded, real and functioning. After the night they had just been through, he needed her now more than ever.
After checking on both Aisline and Jackson several times, Kayleigh spent some time with one of the other warriors that had been injured in the line of duty. He was now asleep, which wasn’t all too surprising after all they had been through. She stayed with him a little while longer after he had drifted off, enjoying the peace of the moment. It was the one place that she wasn’t
Kelton was far from stupid. He knew that they had used the field exercise as leverage to try and get him to bend and accept their leadership offer. Well, their plan had well and truly backfired on them, in more ways than one. He was perfectly satisfied with his role of Master Warrior and the head of the academy and the warriors as a whole. The last thing he needed in his life was to get caught up in the bullshit politics of the council and everything else that came with leading the Lamia Matris race. For now he was content with being in charge of his own small world. That was enough for him. Kelton didn’t want the whole world at his feet. He already had more than enough to contend with, thank you very much.
Coffee. He needed gallons and gallons of coffee to see him through the next few hours. Dawn was already approaching fast but Kelton knew that sleep would still be a long way off yet. There was no way that he would be able to calm his nerves down enough to relax his mind into a restful sleep state, not while there was still so much to do.
He decided to head out of his office and go and find Kayleigh. It was useless for him to stay in the office when he was refusing to speak to anyone, anyway. He had to keep on moving and knew that she would probably be down in the medical suite, checking on the injured.
Running a hand over his shaven head, Kelton resolutely walked down the long winding corridors, nodding politely to the warriors that he passed, but not stopping to speak to any of them. He wanted to check on Jackson and Aisline himself. The poor girl had looked a complete bloody mess when they had brought her back in. His blood boiled when he thought of all that she had been through. They had beaten her to within an inch of her life. They had tied her up and left her to die in a room that danced with fire. It was mainly with thanks to Jackson and his quick thinking that they had got her out of there still breathing. It had been a close call.
He was pleased that he had made the right call on taking Jackson out on the rescue mission. It had been a tough decision to make, seeing as the boy was still only a trainee, but they might not have managed to get her out of there without him. Of course, there was still the issue of Jackson not following direct orders and assaulting a Master Warrior, but that could all wait. Kelton had managed to clean up most of the blood off his face but his nose still throbbed dully from the kid breaking it with an awesome head-butt. He’d suffered much worse injuries than that in the past, but never at the hands of one of his fellow warriors and certainly not a trainee.
Kelton had to grin to himself when he thought of Jackson. The boy had gone in there like a bull in a china shop, nothing would have ever been able to stop him from getting Aisline out of danger. Sure, he knew that he couldn’t let the boy get away with what he had done, but he certainly respected the boy’s motivation and dedication. If it had been Kayleigh that had been stuck in that burning building, he knew that he would have done the exact same thing. No one and nothing would have been able to stop him from getting to her when she needed him the most.
Speeding up his steps and dodging a group of trainees that were loitering in the dark hallways, Kelton was suddenly filled with the sudden need to see Leigh. She was his anchor. She was what kept him grounded, real and functioning. After the night they had just been through, he needed her now more than ever.
After checking on both Aisline and Jackson several times, Kayleigh spent some time with one of the other warriors that had been injured in the line of duty. He was now asleep, which wasn’t all too surprising after all they had been through. She stayed with him a little while longer after he had drifted off, enjoying the peace of the moment. It was the one place that she wasn’t
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