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“Where’s Kinley?” I asked.
“She must be here somewhere. She got out before us,” Dagger breathed.
He was limping. I hadn’t realized that until now. He stopped to lean his hands on his knees and catch his breath.
Uma skidded to a halt right behind us.
“I put a spell around the place to keep them in, rather than out. They can get out, but not until the dark fae figures it out, and they have to get her conscious, first.” She looked proud of herself. “I clocked her over the head with a lamp. If magic doesn’t work, good ol’ physics will do the trick.”
“Where the fuck is Kinley?!” I shouted, panic gripping my heart.
Uma paled. “Shit.”
We spun around, and I scanned the house. It was up in flames now, the fire roaring into the night, casting a bright orange glow. Everything I’d ever known since I’d come here went up in flames. Everything Hauser had built. My heart shattered as I watched it all burn.
“Braxton!” Kinley screamed, and my blood turned to ice. She was far from us and slamming up against a magical barrier that kept throwing her back.
“Shit!” Uma cried out. “The spell!”
“Do something!” I shouted.
Uma raised her hands and muttered words. Tears squeezed out of her eyes.
“It’s not my magic holding her in,” she cried, trying again and again. “That bitch hijacked my spell, and it’s keeping her in.”
“Get her to undo it!” I shouted, but I knew that wasn’t going to happen.
“Braxton, help me!” Kinley shouted again, and the bond between us twisted and yanked with her pain and fear.
I ran toward her. I would not let her get hurt.
Dagger tackled me to the ground.
“What the fuck is your problem?” I growled and punched him in the face.
“You’ll die if you go in there now,” Dagger said, rubbing his jaw where I’d clocked him. “Look.”
I spun around and watched as hundreds of dark creatures streamed onto the property, seemingly coming from nowhere. They flooded my property like a wave, the fire doing nothing to them.
I watched in horror as they grabbed Kinley and dragged her away. She tried to shift, but they already had her, and no matter what she did, they held on tight.
“Kinley!” I shouted.
Dagger was next to me, ready to pull me back if I tried to run, but I wouldn’t. I was no good to her dead. I had to find her and bring her back, and for that, I needed to be alive.
“Let’s regroup,” Dagger said, putting his hand on my shoulder. “We’ll get the pack together, we’ll find out what the fuck is going on, and we’ll go after her.”
“I know what’s going on,” I said grimly, watching as they took my mate away. “This is Niam. He’s going to hurt her to get to me. This is all my fault.”
“It’s not over until it’s over,” Dagger said.
I nodded. He was right. I just hoped that we weren’t there yet… that it wasn’t over.
16
KINLEY
Itried to calm my breathing. If I didn’t slow it down, I was going to hyperventilate, and I had a whole other problem on my hands.
