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I wanted to believe her, to grasp on to the hope that just because the physical presence of our bond hadn’t returned didn’t mean it was never coming back. Yet, the fear of it not being true made me believe otherwise.
It was too late for further conversation.
Lightning and fire began zipping through the sky toward us, some sailing past and toward the caves.
I sent up a silent prayer that the others had already left and nobody would be hurt, then returned my focus to right in front of me.
Bolts of dark energy hit the ground, sending tremors through the earth and creating cracks.
We sidestepped and increased our speed while also watching the sky to make sure Cillian was okay.
He was carrying a massive boulder within his clawed feet, and his wings flapped steadily. White energy crackled around his scales and when the next stream of fire came for us, my mate counteracted it with his own powers.
The white magic around him funneled toward the front of his body, then sent a bolt of lightning toward the flames.
I watched in amazement how the two energies collided, wrapping around each other, fighting for dominance, then exploding with a loud bang. Rain in the form of orange and white specks fell over us, but no longer held enough power to harm anyone.
We were entering the dark forest then, and a chill raced down my spine. The last time I’d been in here, I’d lost my shit. I couldn’t let that happen again.
We won’t, my wolf promised.
My job was to lead the dragons toward the tree, then howl loudly as soon as I got there so they could start dropping the rocks to weaken the ground enough for us to break through from the top instead of trying to get past the door that supposedly only Knox could open.
Running toward where I’d been held captive felt wrong, but there wasn’t anything that would stop me from going back. There was at least one person who needed saving, and I’d made myself a promise that I’d come back for him, even before I knew he was Cillian’s father.
It might have taken us some time to get back here, but now that we were, I wasn’t leaving until the job was done.
The forest was darker than I remembered, and the air burned not only my lungs now, but my skin as well. Though, in my wolf form, I could see further than when Knox had forced me along.
How the hell is the wolfsbane penetrating the air so thoroughly?I asked, not really expecting an answer, which was good because a dragon came out of nowhere, wings tucked in at its sides and horned head pointed directly at us.
My wolf rolled us over the ground, pushing our body as close to the surface as possible. When the dragon flew at us with his claws out, he only managed to nick a front leg.
In return, we ripped open the underside of his tail before getting back to our feet and running faster toward the tree so we could alert the other dragons.
The attacking dragon had turned around, but not quickly, thanks to its bigger size and all the trees, which allowed me to get ahead.
With renewed determination, I felt the energy inside us rising and our speed increasing. The dragon didn’t seem to be able to do that in such tight quarters.
We were far enough ahead now that I wasn’t as concerned with the beast behind us as I was with what we might find once we got to the tree where the door was.
At the last second, I cut left and decided the door wasn’t where the dragons were going to be aiming anyway with their boulders. I needed to put them closer to the underground tunnel.
The flapping of wings came closer, and the trees were opening up more in this area, but that didn’t stop the howl from ripping from my chest.
Dozens of dragons roared in response, and then I was racing back in the other direction to avoid being crushed.
Boulders dropped from high up in the sky, and I caught sight of Cillian again. His claws were empty this time, and the ground beneath my paws shook as more dragons did their jobs.
I then realized that there was nowhere for Cillian, or really any of the others, to land and shift back.
Apparently, they weren’t the least bit concerned.
I watched in amazement as Cillian flew closer to the tree line and then his body shimmered, growing smaller in size before he transformed back to his human form about fifteen feet from the ground.
Awesome fucking trick, I thought before shifting as well and running toward him.
He wrapped me in his arms. “You’re hurt. I smelled blood.”
