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Rosamunde shuddered and gripped Stone’s hand even harder. “Mastyrs bonded to wraiths. That’s bad, isn’t it?”
“It doesn’t get much worse.”
She saw Margetta’s form begin to emerge in the heavy mist, then just like that, the vision dissipated.
Rosamunde’s hand vibrated heavily where she was connected to Stone, but she couldn’t let go. “I’m frightened.”
He released her hand and drew her into his arms, holding her tightly against him. “From what I get, we’ve got ten minutes and I can do a helluva lot in that time.”
She pulled back, looking up at him. “The Combined Forces?”
He nodded. “Exactly.” He pivoted away from her slightly. She could feel him access his telepathy and knew he was talking to Ian, then Zane.
She stepped away from him, letting him do his job. The elf-lord power was still on him, and he had a silver glow, but with faint bits of lightning shooting everywhere.
He wore the heavy black leather Guardsman coat, braided at the shoulders, sleeveless and hanging to mid-calf. He wore no shirt, which meant his muscular arms and the knife-points of his tattoos sent a clear warning not to mess with him.
She glanced down at her hands. She’d broken the connection with him and the elf-lord power continued to flow, but the channel remained steady even though she stood several feet away from him.
He turned to her, his eyes lit up. He switched to telepathy. You’re covered in a violet glow. It’s beautiful.
Look at your arms.
He glanced the length all the way to his fingers. Holy shit. I’ve got a glow as well. He gave himself a shake. All right. I’m taking it to mean that we’ve got access to the elf-lord power right now.
I’m thinking the same thing.
Good. Because we need to move troops into position immediately.
It took her a moment to process what he meant. You mean the way Margetta does?
Exactly.
But that’s not something I can do. Had Stone just lost his mind?
He drew close and took both her hands. He held her gaze, locking onto her firmly. We can do this together. Feel the power. Really feel it, because I know we can teleport a portion of the Combined Forces straight into the forest all the way around the lake.
Her first thought was that she wasn’t like him and she had serious limitations. But when he squeezed her hands and reiterated, Feel it, Rosamunde, suddenly it was there, what the elf-lord power could be for them as a unit, as his mastyr status to her blood rose.
What she lacked as an individual, her connection to Stone made up for.
I’m getting it now. Her heartrate soared. With the ability to bring the forces into the area, they might even have a chance to defeat Margetta. So, where are the troops?
He smiled. I’m bringing you in on the group telepathy. Everyone, the queen is with us. A series of quick greetings followed and that’s when she realized all eight ruling mastyrs were with Stone.
He launched into the process that would be required as together, they worked to bring half the Vampire Guards in from each realm. He even relayed the locations where he wanted each mastyr’s force. Think of the lake as a clock and my house is 6 PM. Gerrod, if you’re ready, your regiment will be at 12 midnight.
Understood. Gerrod’s voice sounded formal within her mind.
You’ll arrive just above the forest canopy, then drop into the trees to take cover. Ready?
Ready.
With that, Stone stared at Rosamunde and spoke a private, You can do this.
Rosamunde closed her eyes and focused on channeling the elf-lord power and moving a hundred of Gerrod’s vampire warriors into position. The vibrations became a roar in her ears.
She felt the movement of troops all the way from Merhaine Realm to the opposite side of the lake.
