Crosses fingers for Apollo. It should decrease his pouting at least.
ELLEImeela had reached out to Ziyah and related everything that she and Jackson had witnessed during their astral projection into the coven.First, Toris Klarish had procured some of Loki’s essence to be used against Ziyah. It would completely strip her ability to use her magic. Ziyah had said that Yincenzi was a concoction that contained his essence and specific ingredients which would make the binding permanent. Apparently, Loki despised that Ziyah had found favor with the Gods but also because she had made it impossible for some of the fucked-up ventures to continue with the ridiculous powerful boundaries as well as being the one to lead the charge against Blantay.Second, Loki had only allowed Andrei to believe that he would be the one to receive the power from Hecate’s blessing when it was extracted from Imeela. However, it would be Loki’s to receive. It would amp up his power level but would require a sacrifice of thirteen bonded pairs. That was where the forced markings would c
ZIYAHDante and I stood in front of the specialty crib that he had made so that all three could sleep in the same one, just like the vision had shown us.Our aiyanos were fast asleep, so we did not want to wake them up. We did not want to leave them, but we had no other choice. We had to eradicate this threat so that we would all be safe.“We’ll be back with them in no time, babe,” Dante said as he wrapped his arm around me.“I know…” I sighed. “Did you make sure to notarize the will?”We had decided to leave a detailed will in the event that we did not make it back from this. It outlined that his parents would be the legal guardians of our children and would hold the Alpha and Luna title until the Alpha title could be passed onto the triplets. Separate accounts were opened for the three of them that held their inheritance, which would grow with each passing year. I also left my mother’s protection bracelet here since the protective magic was bound to me for a week after it was removed
DANTEIt was a great thing that we had brought so many people because the enemies were numerous and filled with some serious fucking power.Byron and I wanted to rush out there and rip the fucker’s throat out with the way that he was looking at our mate and the things that he was saying. However, what kept me grounded was knowing that she and our people could be caught in the crossfire. I could not allow that to happen.Did you want to know something seriously fucking amusing? How easily my girl got underneath the fucker’s ugly fucking skin. He was either the star of or the instigator in most of her nightmares. He was the one who imprisoned and tortured her in every single fucking way possible.Watching Elle up against the bitchy Bandore or Brynn up against the fucker who murdered her mother had nothing on this showdown.I had been threading the enemies vines together since the moment that they showed up. Not only had I put in a lot of time and effort to master this, but my girl also g
FZIYAH‘Watch over Charlene, our pup, and Dante for me. I’ll kick your ass as Casper if you dare to feel guilty. This is what the Goddess wanted, and it’s my honor.’Those were Chris’ last words to me…He sacrificed himself to save me. Why would the Goddess have him do that? My life was not more important than his. My heart was breaking because he meant so much to all of us. Life was so fucking unfair! Damnit!I threw a spear of energy right through the demon that was responsible for this. I watched as his head hit the ground, but it did not fix anything.His heartbeats were very faint, and he was struggling to breathe. He was three-quarters dead, but he was not gone yet.Chris’ body transformed back into his form, and I could easily see where he had been stabbed. The blade was no longer in him, which was allowing his blood to pour out from it. I placed one hand over that area and one over his heart.My aura swirled around us and was far more fucking potent than ever before because it
KADE Carnage was everywhere I looked. Luckily, I had yet to feel any tethers breaking. Honestly, I believed that the extra protections that Ziyah had ensured that we all had was the thing keeping that from happening thus far. Although, I would never take that for granted. I had seen how amazing the Protectors were when it came to fighting while we were preparing for this, but that was entirely different than them being in front of the enemy. I remembered when Dante was fangirling over how brutal they were once he realized what and who Caiathus was. Brutal did not even come close to the reality of it though. There was a reason why they were chosen to protect those with important destinies. Tyre and I chuckled when we saw the pure excitement on Apollo’s face. I had never seen him happier about his gift than when Imeela was training him on how to weaponize it. He might name his next child in honor of her. Was I kidding? Nope. Hopefully Vienna did not mind the name or any variation of i
ELLE ‘You need to go to group four. A witch who has been hiding throughout this battle is about found. She is Castor Windham’s mate, and you must protect her. She is not here willingly and could not escape because of the barrier. She wanted no part in aiding the Klarish clan but was their prisoner and was brought here because of her powerful magic. It has been bound so that she could not harm anyone aligned with his clan. She has not harmed anyone on your side,’ Selene told me. I told Kade that Selene needed me to go to group four, then I told Caiathus where I needed to go immediately. He wasted no time in getting me there. Faye directed me where to go, and I ran as quickly as I could. Caiathus was right beside me, unsure what the urgency was about. However, he knew me well enough to know that something serious was wrong. There was growling coming from one of the buildings. I pointed to it, and he popped us right there. “STOP!” I yelled when two of our warriors went to destroy the
DANTE ‘Congratulations, Dante. You did it,’ the Goddess said proudly. ‘You cleansed her of the chains of her past. Toris was the epicenter of those chains, so killing him set her free. She will always remember her past, just as we all do, but you gave peace to her soul by doing so. This is my blessing to your bond: never will there be a stronger mate-bond in existence than that which is between you, Ziyah, and Byron.’ My girl gave me the most sincere smile I had ever seen grace her face before, having heard the Goddess’ words as well. Thankfully, she had materialized some shorts for me to slip on. Shifting back, I went ahead and pulled them on quickly. I reverently kissed her forehead because we did not have the time to fully celebrate but would later on. It meant everything for me to know that I had been able to do that for her and Byron was part of it as well. We had both vowed on the day that we found her that we would protect our mate and make those who had hurt her in the pas
ZIYAH The apprehension intensified the moment that we popped up there, which did nothing to calm my nerves. Something had either just turned wrong or about to turn that way. There were no ifs, ands, or buts about this because I t was just definitive. My eyes were drawn to the left where a surge of fear pointed the way. I grabbed onto Dexter’s fur and popped next to the building. There were two people inside the building, and a Darkie in the doorway, with his back towards me. He was looking at one of Nightshade’s warriors who was protecting a woman that was behind him. I gestured for Dexter to go around to the other side of the building to help get them out through the window or if I could get the Darkie away from the building. “Hey, ugly fucker. I’m crossing off the Darkies’ numbers off the list of the living. Are you up next?” I taunted him. This would be even easier than I thought after I saw who he was. Toris’ baby bro. He loved to torture me in every way he could, so this wou