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He felt her hesitation. All right. Wound him, then. I’ll finish him off. But remember, he’s what stands between us and the rescue of Kiara.
Mentioning her friend was all the encouragement she needed. Her killing power was already wound up so she simply swept her arm in a quick circle. The spray of golden sparks traveled the distance between. Gammet cried out then became fully visible, his spell annihilated. He was twenty-five feet in the air when he fell. Even at that distance, Braden knew he would recover from the fall.
But Gammet landed on a pile of construction debris and was impaled on a pipe.
“Oh, God.” Maeve pressed her hands to her face for a few seconds, then began to fly in the warlock’s direction. Braden levitated beside her, whipping over the broken-up concrete, rocks, dirt and cactus.
When they reached him, Maeve turned toward Braden and buried her face in his chest.
Braden slid his arms around Maeve, reminding himself she wasn’t used to battle. He stared at Gammet’s body, eyes open and glazed. He’d fallen on some sharp plastic tubing, pierced through the stomach.
Maeve’s voice entered his mind. I’m not sorry he’s dead. He tried to kill you and who knows how many others have died by his hands or by his magic.
He rubbed her back then turned her away from Gammet. He gestured to his foot. “Hop on.”
She didn’t hesitate as she planted both feet on his boot. He swept his arm around her waist and pulled her tight to hold her steady. He levitated slowly not toward the Jeep, but to the battlefield where the Landing wolves had finished off the rest of Gammet’s squad.
He didn’t get too close, though. By the whoops his wolves made, he knew the results of the battle. There would be gore Maeve didn’t need to see. “Don’t look.”
“I’m not going to, though I’ve seen everything before. Out here, where there are so many dead or dying bodies discarded nightly, most were maimed or tortured. Like you were. But I’m still not used to it. Never will be.”
Greg levitated in their direction. He inclined his head slowly to them both. He had blood on his hands, along his arms and spattered on his neck and face. The battle had gotten up close and personal. His eyes were bright and glowed with golden rings around the irises.
“How did we do?”
“Dispatched. All of them. Except those who ran, but they won’t be back.” He ground his teeth. He glanced at Maeve then back to Braden. He was curbing his speech.
Braden took in the rest of the team. They remained at a distance, but they were still revved up. He shifted his gaze to Greg. “You ready to finish our mission?”
Greg dipped his chin. “Let’s go get Kiara.”
He felt a hit of adrenaline shoot through Maeve’s body. She levitated off Braden’s foot and turned toward the east, no doubt in the direction of Veyda’s compound.
Braden flung his arm up and waved it in a circle. “Follow the witch.”
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Maeve took off. Now that the battle with Gammet was over, she turned all her witch senses toward Kiara. With the potion working in her veins. She could sense that the strong woman lay whimpering and begging for death.
To Braden, she telepathed, They’re burning her. She won’t last much longer.
She flew faster. Braden tracked with her. The wolves kept pace.
Because they were moving into the denser part of Elegance, the wolves trailed behind her single file.
When she reached the familiar intersection, she formed the group telepathy the way Braden had. The spell begins at the corner. Follow me. Stick together. She took a few seconds to strengthen her connection to each wolf and felt them respond by moving physically closer to her.
She flew above the cars and hovered at the usual corner. The night traffic honked loudly. There were a lot of sex clubs in this part of Elegance. She could hardly be surprised that Veyda’s compound would be in the middle of things.
When she approached the spelled area, what struck her first was the lack of confusion. Braden, stand next to me.
The wolf moved forward. What’s going on?
Tell me what you’re experiencing here. Any disorientation?
I’m feeling a profound need to turn around. Only your presence is keeping me in place. Same with the team.
I’m not feeling anything like that.
