ALTOR The Shadow Rebellion (The Chronicles of Ageron)

ALTOR: The Shadow Rebellion (The Chronicles of Ageron)
touching the grass.
He turns to face me, and smiles thankfully.
‘I think this is the part where you release me?’ he asks
sarcastically.
Taking advantage of my control over Zaniel, I release myself
and allow my body to fall to the ground, colliding with it so gently
it feels as though I’ve landed on a mattress, all the while focusing
on leaving Zaniel suspended helplessly in the air.
‘Come on,’ he urges me. ‘That’s not fair!’
‘Not fair?’ I ask rhetorically. ‘This doesn’t need to be fair.
This is payback.’
‘Payback? What for?’
‘For charging at me when my back was turned,’ I answer.
I can see him close his eyes as if regretting ever having done
it, but then he produces a smile that I know means he’s expecting
a challenge; a challenge I’m not willing to give him.
I turn the palm controlling Zaniel towards me, and with a
backward flick of my wrist, he is sent soaring across the ground,
bouncing helplessly with every moment he collides with it. He is
brought to a stop beside the boulder that had crumpled the rock
Zaniel had thrown at me earlier, and he stands slowly, dusting
himself off as he does.
Barely able to see Zaniel due to the distance he stands away
from me, I instantly reduce myself to my bright glow, and vanish
from my spot, reappearing instantly only a few metres in front of
where Zaniel stands. I arrive to find him leaning arrogantly against
the boulder with one leg resting on its side, his elbow resting on its
edge and supporting the weight of his head as it lay on his hand.
With a laugh, I race towards him, preparing myself for the
hand-to-hand combat I am expecting to follow. Within seconds of
having begun running, Zaniel pushes himself from the boulder
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