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“Nineve,” I supplied, nodding. “I came across Janus and Collette yesterday. But Blaise has died once.”
“I heard the professor’s team has two who have each died once, as well, but I don’t remember which.”
“I wonder what the deciding factor is for winning - stolen books or number of deaths?” I sighed, realizing it could also be something completely different, too. I could be on a losing team right now, for all I knew.
“My gamble would be on the books,” Rush said.
“That means I need to steal one. Blaise stole my team’s, so I need to steal one from either Janus or Rainier.”
“Well, then. Let’s find that psychotic young vampire and remove him from the list of your problems,” Rush suggested with a feral grin that turned me on almost as much as what we’d done that morning.
“You’re so tempting when you’re vicious,” I said, my eyes drawn to his neck as my fangs ached.
He hissed at me, stepping away. “You mustnotgive in to the blood temptation, love. Not with me.Neverwith me.”
I swallowed hard, knowing he was right and still feeling the yearning in my body.
How could something that tasted so delicious - so right - be utter poison to me?
As we hunted through the labyrinth for Janus and Collette, I tried to rely only on my vampire senses and not my ice magic. The last thing I needed was to draw more gobbelins to me.
Bit by bit as we moved through the maze, I told Rush the story of finding theBook of Icein the first Trial, and how it came to be embedded in my skin.
He made me lift my shirt, staring at the scar with wide eyes, and he nearly fell over when I pulled the book from my skin.
“A miracle from the Goddess,” he breathed, watching me flip through the blurred pages.
“Half of one, anyway. I can’t see most of these spells,” I pointed out. Now that I had the chance to really look, I realized there were actually only two spells I could see - the ice armor, and the one that let me change ice to water, then steam.
“Apparently, you have a lot to remember,” Rush teased, his frown returning as I stopped short and shoved the book back under my shirt, pressing it into my skin. “What is it, love?”
I pointed to the garden of foxglove, trying to suppress a shiver at the thought of all those horrible tiny fairies.
Rush laughed, though, the sound mellow and full of indulgence. “They can’t see us now, Kana. Haven’t you wondered why nothing has bothered us today?”
I narrowed my eyes at him, and he chuckled again. “Did you put a glamor on us?” I asked, realization dawning on me.
“Of course. It’s how I managed to travel the labyrinth unharmed before I found you. There are too many magical creatures in this section. Some of them can see through my veil, but as you can see, very few will bother us this way. And we are completely invisible to gobbelins and other vampires.”
“Janus and Collette,” I said, nodding. What a perfect skill. Too bad there wasn’t a spell in theBook of Iceon how to become invisible - that seemed as unlikely as me becoming a full-blown Goddess.
Then again, I did like the satisfaction of meeting my enemies head on and showing them exactly who they were being beaten by,
“Let us keep hunting,” Rush whispered, pointing to the wall at our left and cupping his ear to it. Stretching my vampire senses, I realized I heard their voices, maybe two or three corridors over.
I grinned, matching his feral glee as we drew our weapons and began to sneak closer to Janus and Collette.
