Love Kael? You are going to fall head over heels for his brother…

Exclusive Excerpt from Realm of Stone and Starlight

“Would you care to test your theory? How easy Gyorians can be subdued?”

 

She didn’t step back.

 

Of course she didn’t.

 

Instead, Lyra tilted her chin even higher, fingers twitching at her side as a breeze stirring in the closed chamber. “You’d lose,” she said, voice low.

 

“I don’t lose,” I replied, closing the space between us.

 

The air pressure shifted, subtle but undeniable. A flirt of wind brushed past my cheek like a whispered dare. Then came the sudden snap of force. I caught the invisible strike before it landed, my own magic flaring in response. Stone hummed beneath our feet.

 

Her eyes widened, just slightly. I could understand why. Few could detect and prevent such a strike.

 

She flicked her wrist, and the wind coiled around my arm like a rope. Meanwhile, Lyra’s expression barely changed. I reached through the air rope and gripped her wrist before she could cast again, twisting her gently toward the wall. She didn’t resist. Not at first.

 

But then a burst of air slammed into my chest and sent me a step back. She spun away, Lyra’s hair whipping around her in an arc.

 

I caught her by the waist before she got too far.

 

We were both breathless. Flushed.

 

Close.

 

“Still think you’d win?” I asked, my voice rougher than I’d intended.

 

Her smile was slow. Dangerous. “You’re the one panting.”

 

Once. Just once I wanted to see her lose control.

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