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She took two steps back and squared off against Macey, pushing her sleeves up and readying herself.
"Prepare to die, bitch," Amber taunted.
"Bring it on," Macey replied, unable to help the amused smile tugging at her lips. When she knew the other woman wasn't actually going to be aiming for her, she kind of looked forward to facing off against her. It was just an intense kind of training really. Her men would be happy.
Amber struck first, sending twin bolts of lightning either side of Macey.
Not waiting another moment, Macey summoned mini balls of water, and began juggling them in the air to gain momentum. Then, one after the other, she began to fling them at Amber, making sure each one narrowly missed the girl's head. Though one did accidentally come too close, luckily, Amber was quick enough to avoid it.
She must be running on adrenaline though. She'd been weak to start with and could only be getting worse by the second.
Maybe that was the Voice's plan. To wear them out to the point where they were no longer able to even think of fighting back. That way, their minds would be easy to slip into, and he could take whatever control he wanted.
Wasn't that a cheery thought?
The two women danced around each other, flinging their powers back and forth with increasing ferocity. It was almost a battle of who could conjure the most elaborate piece of magic.
So far, Amber was winning. She'd conjured a massive snake, that probably looked something like her in shifted form, and made it coil around Macey. Being inside the electricity had been invigorating, and all she'd been able to see were the bright sparks coming off it.
Once the snake's coils had receded, she caught Amber's eye, trying to ensure the woman would do exactly the same again. Only this time, Macey would add to the power and do.... something. She wasn't all that sure what, but it was worth a shot.
"When you two are quite done, how about we actually consider getting you out of here?" a soft female voice sounded.
Macey whipped her head around in shock, and was surprised to see a petite woman, even smaller than she was, standing in an archway off the courtyard.
The woman's long mouse brown hair blew in the soft breeze, and her big eyes looked at the two of the scornfully.
"Who are you?" Macey asked, not letting her on guard posture go slack. For all she knew, this woman could be another trick on the part of the Voice, and she wasn't ready to relax on the off chance.
"Don't you recognise me, kelpie? I'm hurt. We had so many stellar conversations in your cell."
"Luch?" Macey's brows furrowed. She'd been under the impression that the mouse was male. In fact..."But you're a woman?"
"Well noticed. I can choose how I appear."
"What are you?" she asked in awe, slightly confused by the whole situation.
"Just Luch."
"Luch!"
Amber came running and threw herself at the women, hugging her tight. "I knew you weren't just a mouse!"
"I'll pretend I didn't hear you call me 'just a mouse'," Luch chuckled, returning Amber's hug. "But could we leave now, please? Let's keep the hugging for later."
Macey was still a little skeptical. "You didn't want to help me before. What's changed?"
The woman shrugged. "I've seen you two fight. It seems you may actually have a chance in beating Mahoun. It's worth the trouble now."
That made sense. Before, Luch had only seen her as a prisoner, taunted by the Voice.
"Okay, how do we get out?"
"We fly," Luch said and pointed at Amber. "If our beithir here can carry her boyfriend, she can carry both of us."
"Now wait a minute," Amber protested. "First, he's not my boyfriend. Second, I can carry one of you, not two. And third, I've already tried flying out of here. It's impossible." She shuddered and Macey wondered what had happened. Had she tried to escape? Had the Voice punished her for it?
"Last time you didn't have me," Luch smiled. "And I'll travel in Macey's pocket, don't worry about that."
