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She can’t even bring herself to finish her sentence, and no one else attempts to do it for her as silence descends over us. Pain runs like poison through my veins as I lean back, only for my eyes to settle on the leader of the Redvellions.
He’s dead, that’s for sure. Buried within the rocks beneath us with nothing in his eyes but darkness. Harmonia did that, she brought him down with her powers, but at the cost of her own being, and that only brings me even more heartache.
Emotions boil inside of me, turmoil and waves of agony and fear consume every inch of me with no way to escape. I’ve kept everything locked down for so long that it should be second nature, but it’s impossible in this moment. I can even feel my power tingling at the ends of my fingers and the tips of my ears, all the way down to my toes.
Before I can stop myself, my balled fists slam into the hard ground beneath me, the ground shaking with the force as a growl tears past my lips. My lungs are filled with razor blades as the growl turns into a deep, tortured and twisted scream.
“Ahhhh!”
The action makes more dust flutter around my face, but it makes no difference to me as I unleash every drop of emotion I have in one burst. My body seems set on releasing the pent up energy in my veins and screaming it out seems to be the most effective.
My eyes are squeezed so tightly shut they hurt, but nothing hurts more than the racing of my heart and the dagger tearing at my soul.
Still hovering over Harmonia, my fists in the ground on either side of her head, I lean back a little, but can’t bring myself to open my eyes.
“Alexi,” Malik murmurs, his large hand rubbing circles on my back as he tries to get my attention, but I can’t fight past the pain to look at him, so I simply shake my head.
This can’t be real. This can’t be happening.
“No, Alexi, look,” Talon adds, tapping my other shoulder as my face scrunches in confusion.
Inhale. Exhale. Inhale. Exhale.
I try to release the built up emotions consuming me as I attempt to blink my eyes open, but it’s not until the softest lips touch mine in the most delicate way that my eyes flash open.
“Hi.”
My heart is lodged in my throat as I glance down at the beauty before me, worried that my eyes may be playing tricks on me as I push away the loose tendrils of hair clinging to her face.
“Harmonia… how?”
Despite my reluctance, Talon pulls me back a little and I move, letting both him and Malik see with their own eyes that the woman who makes the world prettier and sweeter is fucking breathing and smiling up at us right now.
“You scared me, Harm.” Talon’s words are playful, but the undertone of fear is still there as my own heart continues to pound against my chest.
“I scared myself too.” Her pink eyes glance over each of us, a small smile ghosting her lips as she looks around to see her best friend here too. “I can’t thank you all enough for coming to save me,” she adds, making me frown in confusion.
Is this woman fucking crazy?
“Save you? Girl, you saved yourself,” Rhea states, beating me to it as I nod in agreement, and when I turn to look at her, I find her four men shadowing her and nodding along as well.
Harmonia scoffs, unable to find words to respond, and it makes me grin as I turn to look back at her. Relief floods me as I lean back on my heels before rising to my full height, just as Nyx comes into view.
I’m ready for her to start throwing out demands because of our new agreement, but to my surprise, she completely ignores me and kneels down beside Malik as she looks Harmonia over. “How is my favorite Nyx-hating angel doing?” A wry smile crosses her lips as she clasps Harmonia’s hand with hers. Her statement catches me off guard for a second until Harmonia chuckles back at her.
“You might not be so bad,” she mutters in response, not actually answering the question as her lips purse together at the same time her eyes widen in concern. “Did they tell you about someone called Styx and the whole Keres situation? I…”
Of course her initial instinct is to worry about everyone but herself. She wouldn’t be Harmonia if she didn’t.
“Don’t you worry about any of that, Harmonia. I’ll take care of everything.”
I turn my surprised gaze to Malik before glancing at Talon. “Unfortunately, we have to worry about that because she was marked by Styx,” I grunt, folding my arms over my chest as my heart simultaneously soars for the love of my life as she looks up at me so sweetly.
Nyx’s eyes darken, flicking from me to Harmonia and back again before she finally speaks.
“Then get ready boys, the battle isn’t over yet.”
