The Purification: Book 3 of the Evaran Chronicles by Adair Hart Read Free Book Online

seconds, the headless guards lay still.
    Brills let out a cry as a volley of fire smashed into him. He slumped to the ground. Shandra turned her attention to a new group of four exterminators and guards that came in from where they had initially entered the room. Miles spun around and charged toward them. John was firing sporadically as he ran forward to the exit where Brills had fallen. Shandra moved toward the new threat behind Miles’s charge.
    Evaran zipped through the remaining guards at the exit, hitting them with his baton and knocking some against the wall. With the rest of the guards at the exit down, Dizz, Cantol, Dr. Snowden, and Emily rushed forward and through the doorway. Once through, Dizz and Cantol ran out to help fight the new group. Dr. Snowden and Emily peered out to watch.
    John reached Brills and dragged him through the exit and out of sight.
    Evaran scanned Brills. He tapped at his ARI. “He is alive. Stay here! V will be here shortly to administer aid.”
    At the back of the room, Shandra shrieked as her branches caught on fire and she got slammed from both sides by the exterminators. She shimmered for a moment, then changed back to human form and crumpled to the ground. An exterminator raised a foot to stomp her head. Miles looked back after bowling into the new group and yelled when he saw Shandra. He grabbed the exterminator about to stomp her and threw it into the air. With a quick jump over Shandra, he charged the other exterminator. He tapped his chest, causing his armor to glow.
    “Oh shit … Miles! No! Everyone, to the exit now! ” said John.
    “What is he doing?” asked Evaran.
    “He’s activated his final burn. We have one minute before this place blows.”
    “There is no need for that. Wait here.”
    Evaran passed Dizz and Cantol as they rushed to the entrance. He reached Shandra and scanned her. He looked up at Miles, who had just been slammed into the wall by an exterminator. “Miles, come over here.”
    Miles stood up and charged through the exterminator and several guards to get to Evaran.
    Evaran placed his UIC on Miles’s chest panel. He tapped at his ARI, and Miles’s armor stopped glowing. “Take Shandra to the exit. She is hurt, but alive.”
    Miles looked at the three remaining exterminators and small group of guards that were regrouping. Their weapon fire lit up Miles’s shielding as he stood between them and Evaran and Shandra. He shook his head. “You can’t hold them, and our mission is to extract you.”
    Evaran half grinned. “Trust me. I can handle this. Go.”
    Miles picked up Shandra and ran to the exit.
    Dr. Snowden thought he saw Evaran’s eyes flash a glowing fire for a moment when Evaran turned to see Miles run back to the exit. He chalked it up to maybe a random reflection or his own eyes playing tricks on him.
    John directed V, who had arrived from the Torvatta, to Shandra and Brills.
    V pulled out a syringe and injected Brills and Shandra with it.
    “What’d you inject them with?” asked John.
    “Healing nanobots. It will stabilize them.”
    “Okay … after you’re done, they need to get on the ship,” said John. He glanced at Miles. “Why’s Evaran not coming?”
    “He said to go and he would handle it,” said Miles.
    “What?” asked John as he turned to look out at Evaran.
    Evaran rushed forward with his shield raised. He punched the first exterminator in the chest, cracking its armor. The exterminator flew backward, taking several guards with it. The other two charged, with weapons ablaze. Evaran stepped back and kneeled, reflecting fire back onto them. One exterminator burst into flames as it crashed to the ground. Several guards were caught in the reflected fire.
    The remaining exterminator charged forward and reached out. Evaran grabbed it by the wrists and with a spinning motion sent it flying back at the guards. Its armor cracked when it hit the wall, and it stopped moving.
    The remaining five guards dropped their weapons and