Chapter 255: "Everybody down, Now!"

Roman’s pov.

The world pauses as I feel Scarlett’s anxiety spike through the mate bond.

It’s a thick and heavy feeling in my gut.

My head snaps to her, searching for any traces of what might be happening and for a minute all I can feel is Maya telling her there’s something wrong with the boy.

There’s something wrong with Axios.

Before anyone can pull another breath, I feel my wife fill herself with power so pure it leaks into me and sets my nerve endings on fire.

“Everybody down, Now!”

The blast of wind Scarlett releases makes a boom when it rips out.

Screams come from the attendants now on the floor, the shrill whistles of arrows are almost masked by the boom of air but not quite. I see the arrows fly back with the force of a snapped twig and they find targets.

Scarlett fills herself with that power again, needing not even a second to fill herself up, already primed for an attack while I'm still trying to make sense of it all.

The orders come from my lips not a moment later, “EVERYO