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An earthquake rocks everything, knocking furniture over and sending the pictures and vases Raven picked off the tables and from the walls. The ceiling cracks above us, and Lucian and Andre fight with their power, pushing back hard.
“Dante,” Raven calls, shouting over the noise. “Please, I need you.”
I spin and rush to her side, entering the summoning circle. Kase stands on one side of her while Micah holds his arms out, waiting to grab Elias. I join the four of them, using my wings to create a barrier.
“Everyone touch her. Connect to her soul.” Kase rests his hand on Raven’s shoulder. “Raven, I need you to follow my instructions exactly. We don’t have time to smother him with your pussy like he wants.”
She frowns and shakes her head. “I don’t know if I can do this.”
“He’s strong. Take my blade. Pain is fleeting,” Micah says, keeping his voice low. “Elias agrees.”
Kase grabs Micah’s wrist, stopping his attempt to give Raven the Hell blade. “You’re going to break his neck. Now listen. It’ll be fast.”
I reach down and carefully adjust Raven’s hands on Elias’s head. Tears spill from her eyes, splashing his face. “You can do this, Raven. We’re here. Use our strength to help you.”
Andre’s hollers boom through the air, the intensity of his pain slapping against Raven, making her hesitate. I jerk my attention toward his yells and watch the protective barrier shatter with Heaven’s light and strike Andre, blasting him from the room and out of this plane. And fuck. It could take him minutes to recoup from that.
“Now, Raven—” Kase’s voice fades with the boom of the plane shifting.
Shit. Fuck. Cunt. Cocksucker. I extend my fangs and launch forward, crashing into the next angel to make it inside. A gust of holy wind whips around, extinguishing the flaming circle around Raven and Elias, cutting Micah off.
Without it, Elias can’t descend. Micah can’t guide him.
“Raven, this is your last chance to do the right thing.” Cassius holds a flaming sword and pushes past two guardians, gathering enough power to keep us back. “Give us Elias and let us save your soul or burn for eternity. Those are your only options.”
Fury bursts through me, and I glower, clenching my fingers into fists.
Lucian snarls, reacting before I do, and he charges toward his brother and tackles him, shoving him hard into the wall. The world trembles, Lucian’s fire against Cassius’s holy light bending the foundation of the plane.
That’s it.
“We need to attack at once. It’ll break the holy shield they’re trying to trap us in,” I tell Kase, watching as Lucian and Cassius throw punches, trying to get an opening for their weapons.
“Angel-girl, hold onto Elias. Use your whole body to protect him the best you can. This is going to hurt.” Kase throws a blanket onto Raven, getting her to shield the two of them even though it won’t protect him. He does it to help lessen her fear. He doesn’t want her to see what’s about to happen.
“Lucian, the veil!” I yell, standing beside Kase and spitting my venom, watching it eat away at the world in front of us.
Kase throws orb after orb of red power, sending crackling electricity through the room, turning it from shadows and the light of Heaven to a ruby color the shade of blood. The light shimmers and twists, the whole world shaking. Punching Cassius one more time, Lucian knocks him back through the window. Gathering fire from the depths of Hell, Lucian shoots it at the veil, the force of our power battling against Heaven enough to crack this plane open, letting it merge into the Mortal Realm.
Light and fire explode through the room, knocking all of us off our feet. I crash into the wall behind Raven and use my wings to push up. Kase whips his tail, keeping an angel back, and Lucian blasts more power at the burning wall, using it to keep Cassius away.
“Raven, we have to move,” I say, pushing to my feet. “We need a summoning circle.”
She rips the blanket from her and Elias and bobs her head. “I’m going to fucking destroy them! You hear me, Cassius!” Her voice rings through the air. “You’re fucking going to know what it’s like to experience Hell on a level you never imagined.”
Lucian strides forward, heaving a deep breath. Uncoiling his chain, he hands it to Raven. “This will protect you and keep the fuckers back.”
“Lucian, I want you to lead.” Kase nudges me with his hand. “Dante, help Raven get out. Elias was knocked unconscious. She needs you to carry him. Go straight to the summoning circle. Watch your back and let Raven handle anyone she has to. Elias’s life is the most important right now.”
It’s like a kick in a dick to have to agree to that, but he’s right. Elias can’t die without Raven taking him out. If he does—fuck. It’s not happening. My pretty soul is determined and strong. We can manage to get a couple dozen feet. She made it through fucking years with a serial killing psycho and abusive douche. She survived being on Lucian’s bad side. She’s handled Heaven’s attempts to destroy her. Fuck, she’s even walked through fucking Hell and made it back to us. She is far more powerful than she might even be aware. The angels wouldn’t fight so hard otherwise.
“Stay close and alert,” I tell Raven, adjusting Elias onto my shoulder and covering him with my wing protectively. “Treat these fuckers how they deserve. The second we get into the summoning circle, put your hands on Elias’s head where I showed you. We must be fucking fast. Once he dies, then we’ll have the strength of another devil to empower us.”
Raven licks her lips and nods, covering her mouth and nose with the blanket Kase hands her. “I’m ready to fuck some assholes up.”
I smile. I can’t help it. “Good.”
Lucian growls, leading the way toward the back of the house. There is no way we will be able to easily exit through the back door, so Lucian stomps his way toward an empty wing of the house near the back corner. It was supposed to be another living quarters for either Zade or Cassius, but this place is now trash. We’re going to have to relocate and hide for a bit while we get shit together.
