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“Thank you.” She’d been so right to involve Malik.
As she continued to focus her energy on holding the protective shield, she could sense that Axton’s spell had dual parts. He was not only attacking the shield as a whole, but he was also burning the vines at the entrance.
There was one thing, however, that didn’t make sense. “Wasn’t Evan at the entrance to the colony when you spoke to him? Near the vines?”
“Yes, he was.”
“Well, didn’t he see Axton? I can feel that he’s right there.”
Malik shook his head. “He reported that nothing was going on.”
“Call him again.”
Malik immediately got Evan on the phone. “Hey, Willow insists that we’ve got a spell burning the entrance vines and Axton is right next to them.”
Her legs shook now with the effort to sustain the shield, and she felt lightheaded.
She watched Malik listening hard. He then covered the phone with his other hand and said quietly, “Evan says that the vine looks the same to him, green and healthy.”
“Great. Axton is hidden behind a shield.” Could this get any worse?
Malik relayed the information to Evan, afterward returning the cell to his pocket.
Sweat dripped down her back and between her breasts with the effort to keep repairing both the shield above her and the vines at the entrance. “I won’t be able to hold this much longer.”
“Willow, how do we break the spell?”
“The same way as last time. We need to physically stop Axton, find the charm and smash it.”
“Then I’ll get over to the entrance.”
Willow shook her head. “I don’t think we should be separated, Malik, not right now and that’s my fae instinct talking. We’ve been brought together for a reason.”
“You’re right. So how about you focus all your energy on Axton.”
“I can’t. If I let go of the protective shield for a second either Axton will breach the entrance or this hole above me will explode and the entire shield will collapse.” Her arms shook. “Malik, I’m frightened. I’m so close to losing control here.”
Malik frowned. “You’re shaking.”
“Yes, I am.”
Malik grabbed her arms and the moment he touched her, power flared within her body and a new, second stream of energy began to flow straight from the heart of the realm as though it recognized him.
He glanced down at his feet. “Holy shit, that’s coming from the earth.”
“I know. I can feel it as well. Just keeping holding my arms.” She channeled all that power into her protective shield and lifting her gaze, she watched the hole seal up in a sudden quick wave.
Closing her eyes, she turned her attention to the entrance vines and visualized them reforming and repulsing the charm. Power moved in heavy waves straight to the entrance.
A moment later, the sound of an explosion rolled through the colony. She was running before she knew what she was doing, heading to the vines on the colony side of the monolith. Malik was right on her heels.
When she reached the vines, she waved them aside in stages, though the familiar burned smell filled the tunnel.
With the last lift of her hand, the damaged vines disappeared and she passed through to the other side, but Axton wasn’t there. The ground, however, looked scorched and a couple of Malik’s Guardsmen were patting their smoking shirts.
Malik called to Evan. “What happened out here?”
The levitating Guardsmen touched down.
