All Chapters of Fire: Chapter 61 - Chapter 70

Karis and another Zeta arrived at the hotel to escort us to the tribunal. Karis led me and Malika to his car while John and Bryan went with the other Zeta. I smiled at Karis from the backseat and Malika had hugged him when she saw him.“Kiran, when the time comes, I will do what I can to help you and Malika get out,” Karis said to me.“Thank you, Karis, but my only concern is John and Malika. Bryan will protect John with his life, you should focus on keeping yourself safe and getting Malika out,” I said to him and he looked at me in the mirror. His frown deepened and I knew what he was thinking.“I thought you said you had witches with you.” I could see the nervous energy in Karis’ aura and it did little to calm my own nerves. I was wired and ready, albeit nervous.“Bryan and I are half-witches. We’ll be fine. Don’t try to be a hero,” I said to him and he looked at me with different eyes. It was a look I wasn’t comfortable with. Nobody in my pack looked at me with the same fear as Kar

Disembarking from the plane took longer than Malachi liked and he was anxious to get out of there and to find Kiran. They were cutting it close, he wouldn’t find Kiran before the tribunal started.They bypassed the luggage claim since they both had only brought a carry-on suitcase and they walked hand in hand through the terminals and headed to the outside of the airport. Jessica inhaled sharply as they stepped out of the airport and into the brilliant sunlight.The heat was sweltering and the sun beat down on their surroundings. Malachi stepped forward then and nodded at a man. He opened the car door for her to climb into the back before climbing into the front.“This place is insane, too bad we’re not here to sightsee,” Jessica said.The man driving the car didn’t wait for introductions and pulled the car into the departing traffic and merged onto the highway. Jessica sat back and stared at the man before glancing at Malachi. “He’s not human.”Malachi smiled then. “Donovan, this is

I forced my eyes open and I smelled blood everywhere. I heard screaming and I turned my head to the side. I saw Jessica hunched over Malachi, he moved his foot and I sighed with relief. If he was moving, it was a good sign.He was still alive. I couldn’t see what Jessica was doing but I hoped she was getting the bullet from his neck before he bled out. I felt disoriented. Malachi was here, he took three bullets for me and now he was dying.I felt confused as to why they were here and why he had tried to save me. I couldn’t think rationally and I looked around for Adara. I saw her walking towards me, she was smiling as she knelt next to me. Her scent enveloped me and I inhaled deeply. I just needed her. If she was here, then everything was fine and we’d succeeded. “I love you, Kiran,” she said to me and I smiled back at her.“I love you, too,” I said to her and Jessica’s voice broke through the haze and I looked at her and started laughing.“He’s hallucinating, he’s losing too much bl

I slept on the backseat of Malachi’s car as he drove back from Anchorage to Seward. The exhaustion wouldn’t leave me, and I put it down to the uncomfortableness of the plane. Other than that, my world was semi-perfect. I had Malachi back and he had Jessica back, I was certain that I also had Adara back.Malachi slammed on the brakes as we neared the marina and the car slid on the snow and turned sideways as we stopped and I opened my eyes. The cars were backed up on the highway leading past the lagoon.I could see flashing blue lights up ahead and Malika peered out of the window. I climbed out of the car and Malachi got out with me. Our breaths were white puffs in the darkness and I noted that nobody else had climbed out of their cars.“Probably an accident up ahead,” I said to Malachi and started walking towards the blue lights. Malachi had gone back to tell Jessica and Malika to stay in the car and he caught up to me just as I started running.The truck was laying on its side, Port

I felt better after that shower and I shaved in front of the mirror. I dressed quietly in the dark of our room and closed the door behind me softly, not wanting to wake Adara yet. I stopped in the hallway and opened the nursery’s door.I walked inside their room and looked down at where Kai and Saga slept next to each other, holding hands. I smiled as I stroked each of their heads and walked downstairs after closing their door softly too. It was a feeling unlike anything else, watching my children sleep.I went to the kitchen to make coffee and I saw the divorce papers, still on the counter where I had left them. I took them with my coffee and went to the study, closing the door behind me. I sat down and moved the laptop into its correct position.Someone had used it and I moved the mouse and it opened on the print page. Malachi’s ticket to Mauritius stared back at me. I exited the browser and opened my council email. I typed in my password and I had five new emails from them.Four of