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“Not yet, Creed, we need…”
“Creed,”Alex confirmed with Verity.“You got that confirmation, too, right?”
“I did,”the Black Fairy confirmed.“We have a go.”
“Hey,”Amy yelped, butting into Alex’s mind.“I thought I was your spotter.”
“You were supposed to be,”Alex whispered, moving not even a muscle.“But you’re too busy thinking about…”
And that was as far as she got.
The door to the SUV opened.
One booted foot hit the concrete.
And all hell broke loose right before eyes.
Black-clad men literally dropped out of the sky from every direction. Rappelling down the sides of buildings, jumping off terraces and flying without wings, more men than Alex cared to count landed on and around the SUV.
All three men were pulled from the vehicle faster than even her enhanced vision could follow. The man with white-blond hair – one she swore she’d seen before - pulled a jeweled sword from thin air. The one with wavy dark hair that touched the well-starched collar of his dress shirt was grabbed and thrown across the street. Then he was Shifting into a huge Black Panther in the blink of an eye. Moving faster with every passing second, he was up and ready to rip his assailants apart more quickly than Alex knew possible.
Eyes on the huge Cat, she nearly dropped to her knees when the smoky scent of smoldering cherry wood and the sharp aroma of an arctic blast hit her square in the chest. Head snapping back to the left, she dropped her rifle and was on her feet before her actions so much as registered in her mind.
Vaulting over three mega-ton air conditioning units – one right after another - atop the building she’d positioned herself upon, the Black Fairy raced towards the rusted, wrought-iron fire escape as if she’d been fired from a cannon. White knuckling the rounded handrails, she straightened her back, hooked the insides of her boots on the outside of the rails and slid down the entire length of iron in the blink of an eye.
Letting go, she kicked her feet backward, spun in the air and hit the ground with a bone-jarring thud. Racing towards the sounds of the fight, she rounded the corner as a blast of nasty green light hit Creed Mathers in the throat.
Watching the Dragon fall to the ground, Alex poured on the speed as his crystal blue eyes locked onto hers and Verity gasped,“Son of a bitch, that’s…”
“What the hell is happening? What is going on? Where are you?”Amy screamed into her mind.“You can’t do this close-up, Alex. Abort! Abort! Abort! I’m filming the whole thing. I’ve opened the Eye of Dadga. The transmission will reach the Morrígan in five… four… three…”
“Shut it down!”Alex yelled.“Shut it down now. Delete everything and head to the safe house.”
“No,”Amy exploded.“I will not leave…”
“Yes. You. Will.”Knowing her younger sister wouldn’t listen, would put herself in harm’s way without the proper and effective motivation, Alex hit the black onyx stone atop her cuff bracelet, poured all the Magic she could spare into her command and ordered,“Amaryllis MacAskill, I Alessandra MacAskill, as the Morrigan’s Sìthiche Dubh, order you to abandon the mission and return to the safe house.”
Knowing Amy, or any kin of the Black Fairy for that matter, could not disobey a direct order when invoked by theSìthiche Dubh, empowered by the Stone of the Morrígan, and imbued with the Magic of the MacAskill Frolick, Alex closed off the connection she shared with her sister with the knowledge that her command was being obeyed.
Less than a city block from the Black Panther, the Dragon she’d been sent to kill, and a Demi-God who could be no other than Kayne, the son of the Celtic God of the Sun, Lugh, she scolded her alter-ego.“Did you make this happen? Is this your doing? Are you just trying to get me sent to the Lower World, to Dubnos? Do you think you’ll be able to get your kicks down there?”
“Oh, sure,”Verity snapped right back, her anger like a slap to the inside of Alex’s mind.“I’m the all-powerful Black Fairy. I can manipulate Time and Space, see into the future, and fuck up the life of the woman with whom I share a soul in the blink of an eye because I want to live out eternity in constant torment and anguish by her side. Hear me roar.”
“Alright smartass…”Pausing to cough as a thick, viscous cloud smelling of sulfur and brimstone attacked her senses, Alex refused to stop running as she wheezed,“…then riddle me this. How the hell are the Fomorians here? Why are they attacking the man that I was supposed to kill? How did my last Mark end up being my Mate? And how the hell were we both in Valentine last night and here in Dallas this morning? OH, and how did we not recognize his name? How many men – Dragons – can be named Creed?”
“Oh, goody,”Verity scoffed.“Now, your brain starts working and not a moment too soon.”
