“Okay, buthowdo we do that?”Jericho asked.
Niall hesitated.“I ...I’m not sure.”
“Yes, you are,” Elspeth said as she floated in front of him.“Only like magic can defeat like magic.”
“What does that mean?”Everett asked as he looked from Elspeth to Niall and back.
“It means only I have the power to break them.”
“No,” Niall whispered.“You’ve had your life stolen—”
“That doesn’t matter anymore.”Elspeth touched his face with her ghostly fingers.“Go get the necromancer.I have an idea and we’ll need his help.”
He nodded, swirled his hands, and a portal opened.He was gone in an instant.
“What can we do?”Jericho asked.
Savannah stepped forward.“Make sure everyone is away from downtown.Keep the people safe.I have an idea on how to temporarily strip their magic.”
“We can do that,” Ledger said.“Miles, Emmett, come on.”
They hurried away.Savannah turned to Jericho.
“This is going to work, Jericho.I promise.”
****
Like the world’s bestparlor trick, the witches appeared one at a time.Savannah and Jericho stood in front of them, the lone wall against the devastation they could wield.The High Priestess walked with purpose, purple energy crackling over her fingers.There were twelve of them, all just as powerful.
“Shifters,” the High Priestess sneered as her gaze landed on Jericho.The corner of her lips twisted, as if she was offended.“Interesting to see you’re still alive.”
“You’re not welcome here,” Jericho called out.
“We’ll be gone shortly,” she mocked.“As will you.”
All the witches ignited their powers, standing in an imposing V-formation.As they continued their move forward, Savannah lifted a foot and stomped down on the ground.Behind the witches, a rune flared to life on the asphalt, and the last line stumbled as the magic locked into place.However, they marched on.Coming closer, power growing exponentially.
Savannah lifted her leg again and as she stepped down, another rune flared to life.The witches finally realized something was happening because they looked around in confusion.They stumbled to a halt, and the energy crackling around them fizzled out.
“You launched a plague that killed my pack members,” Jericho said, distracting the High Priestess.“You killed innocent women and children.”
“They killed my daughter!”the High Priestess snapped.
“Then, as a mother, how could you do that?”
“You can’t possibly understand.”
Jericho shook his head.“You know nothing about what I can understand.I was poisoned by wolfsbane.My father murdered.My pack stolen.I didn’t blame an entire species for what I lost.I blamed one man.”
“A father is not a child.”
“And yet you were willing to kill children.How are you any better?”
Her hands came up and energy sparked between them.“I will destroy every shifter I can.”
Savannah lifted her foot and when her foot struck the ground for the third time, the last rune clicked into place, and all the witches froze.Including the High Priestess.Just then, a portal opened and Niall stepped through with a man who had power oozing off him.He wore jeans and a t-shirt that readI’m great in bed, I can sleep for days.
Elspeth’s ghost appeared as well, and the High Priestess’s eyes widened when she saw her murdered coven member.
