The Captain (The Last Horizon, #1)

by Will Wight

“As you wish.” The mirror vanished. A hand grasped me firmly by the shoulder. I looked to the side to see Raion, his face full of faith and reassurance. “I don’t understand any of this,” he said.

“Don’t look at it that way! You’ll ruin it! No, we might lose this one. And the next one. And the next one and the next one andthenextoneandthenextoneandthenextoneandthenextone—” The Iron King’s voice went faster and faster until his lips were blurred and his voice was a high-pitched whine. The air took on a charge, and the hairs on Benri’s arms lifted. The King’s eyes were blazing so hot they were about to burn the air outside his skull.