Enchanted Chaos (Enchanted Chaos 1)

“Tu mi, sint satis est splendidis stellis.”

“Oh, for the love of gods,” Holden groans. “Sky, just ignore him.”

“Since I have no fucking clue what he said, that’s pretty doable,” I say, eliciting a chuckle from them both.

“She’s cute,” Hunter says to Holden. “Can I keep her?”

Cute? No guy has ever called me cute. Well, except for Gage, but he doesn’t count.

My cheeks flood with heat.

Shit. Am I blushing?

Hunter grins. “Yeah, I’m definitely keeping her.”

Holden heaves a sigh. “Hunt, you can’t keep her.” He looks at me. “Sorry, he doesn’t come with a filter. You get used to it, though. Or, well, you learn to just ignore it.”

I nod, my skin growing hotter as Hunter’s gaze continues to devour me.

A phone buzzes from somewhere, but Hunter’s eyes never waver from me, even when he sticks his hand into his pocket and pulls out his phone. Holden does the same thing, and I let a gradual breath ease past my lips as they both focus on their phones.

“Shit, we’re late,” Holden mutters then stuffs his phone back into his pocket. “We need to get out there.”

“Nah, I think I might skip this … tournament,” Hunter replies, giving me a strange look that I can’t quite decipher. “I’ll stay here and keep Skylin company.”

“No, you won’t.” Holden elbows his brother in the side, causing Hunter to blast him with a dirty look. “You need to be part of this tournament. You’re way out of practice.”

Hunter rolls his eyes but backs toward the door. “Sky, it was a pleasure meeting you. We’ll have to do something together soon. Something fun that’ll make you blush again.” He winks at me then pushes through the doors.

Holden blows out an exhausted exhale then shakes his head. “It really was nice mee

ting you, and I hate to take off like this when we haven’t even properly met, but this tournament is really important.”

“I totally understand,” I say, waving him off.

He wavers, chewing on his bottom lip. “Maybe I could show you around town tomorrow night and show you where all the good places to eat are and the places to avoid.”

“I’d like that.” And I mean it. Holden seems nice, and I’d really like to look around town and see if anyone’s hiring.

“Awesome.” He smiles then pushes out the door.

The sparkly warmth that was flowing up my arm instantly fizzles, leaving me to wonder what caused it to begin with.

Maybe it’s a new, little trait to my abilities?

Frowning at the idea that my abilities could be growing, I turn toward the fridge to get something to eat, but pause when I glance out the window and spot Hunter and Holden hiking across the field out back.

I squint against the sunlight as I lean toward the window. Is the tournament out there somewhere? That’d be kind of weird, though, since there isn’t much out there except a forest.

My suspicions only grow when Holden and Hunter reach the border of the trees. As they’re about to slip into forest, they glance back at the house the lift their hands in front of them. The air ripples like water, making the trees sway and the sunlight flicker. Then they lower their hands and step forward into the trees.

My jaw just about smacks the floor.

What the heck did I just see? Because it almost looked like they walked through … well, like a portal or something.

Backing away from the window, I massage my temples.

I’m losing my damn mind. What I saw couldn’t be real.