LUKA
My mind felt like it was being ripped to shreds.
Claws cleaved through my head. Ripping through my memories with force.
One after another, they flipped through, so fast I couldn’t even place them among the pain pounding against my skull.
I felt like my body—my mind was going to collapse in on itself.
My body trembled, the magic rushing through it seemingly rotting it from the inside out.
The pain, the magic, it was all too much.
The force of the talons spread through my mind over and over again.
There couldn’t be anything more beyond this torture.
The only thing I could comprehend beyond the pain was the sounds of Lennox’s screams.
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LENNOX
My scream ripped through the room. It echoed off the walls.
The dishes on the table rattled. Everyone stopped in their tracks, frozen in time.
They would pay. They’d all fucking pay for hurting him.
For daring to lay a finger on him.
I thrust my sword up, and blood rained down on me as my sword cut through the guard’s stomach.
I scanned for Luka and Keziq. Guards surrounded her now and Adreona was nowhere to be seen. Figured she’d run from a fight. She knew hurting Luka would unlock my rage. As much as I hated to admit it, the bitch knew me well.
I ran for the guards surrounding the witch, they were the only ones still in the room, the rest, including the one holding Viona, had disappeared.
The rest that weren’t already dead by my sword.
I screamed as I charged for the guards.
I never realized how therapeutic screaming was.
But it felt so fucking good.
It fueled my rage.
Sent my magic fluttering and pumping through my veins.
I made quick work of the first guard, and as I turned to the next two, I scanned for Luka, my sword clashing against the female guard’s pursuit.
He writhed in pain, as Keziq continued her assault.
I threw out a burst of air, but it was blocked by the guards, they were a fortress around her.
“Lennox!” I disarmed the female guard and turned my attention toward my sister as she and Nico raced into the room.
“She’s got Luka!” The female guard fell to the ground, blood dripping from her lips. “We need to get him and get out of here!”
