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“’Tis no longer important. You are. Go!” I urge, shoving her toward the tunnel’s opening.
Still, she refuses to budge.
Shock raises his hand. I protest and lunge for the bastard—too late. He blasts Olivia to the end of the tunnel.
She tumbles on her backside with a huff where moonlight creeps into the underground structure.
“You were given an order, witchling. Obey and stay there,” Shock snarls. “Or do you think yourself too important because you’re Le Fay?”
I grab my blade from the sheath strapped to my thigh and raise it threateningly at Shock. I’d dearly love to sink the serrated teeth into the man’s flesh. Repeatedly.
But he isn’t my target. Mathias and his considerable undead army deserve all my attention.
“Now.” Mathias tsks. “Let us conclude this business, shall we? I want the book.”
I move not.
“Give me the damn book, immortal,” Shock growls.
The wizard is all but begging me to slash his gut open.
After putting that on my mental to-do list, I stomp toward Mathias and Shock, stopping at the edge of the artificial light. “Meet me halfway.”
“I’m in no mood to compromise. Give it over!”
“Fuck off, Denzell. I am not here to deal with you.”
As I dismiss him, my mind races. What happens in the next few moments will determine the outcome of this event—and my eternity.
Deep breath. Three, two, one…
I wrench the book from the pack and fling it in Mathias’s face. The tome hits him in the nose. Warm blood spurts, and he howls. Immediately, I follow that assault by sticking my blade in the evil wizard’s gut and twisting hard.
“Run, Olivia!”
I don’t dare look behind me to see if she complies, not when the book falls to the ground with a thud. Shock lunges for it as I do. But I am a moment too late.
The Doomsday Diary is in Shock’s grasp. He gives me a superior smirk.
I am fucked.
“Stupid human. I planned light torture for you, since I cannot kill you outright. But now…” Mathias raises his hands above his head. His blue eyes turn red, and his glower vows to inflict agony.
He’s the devil in the flesh.
Quickly, I draw my Glock and shoot him between the eyes. I don’t stop to survey the damage before I pull the trigger again, this time hitting the evil bastard in the heart. The rump-fed miscreant topples to the concrete, limp. Dead, I can only hope.
But I have not the time to check. Shock still has the diary.
When I turn to confront the traitor, he is nowhere to be seen. Bloody hell, did the bastard zap away?
’Tis likely, but my eternity is a small price for Olivia’s freedom. To keep her safe, I will pay it gladly.
As I whirl, I pray she fled to safety. Instead, she hovers at the edge of the tunnel, gaping and wide-eyed as she points to something just beyond me.
I spin on the balls of my feet. Mathias unfolds his body stiffly and rises.
“Run!” I groan over my shoulder at Olivia.
