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Nikkos and Blaze hauled the mages up by the backs of their wings, snarling while shaking them. “Where’s our brother?”
The mages had burns all over their bodies, and one was even missing an ear. They looked at me with wide, frightened eyes, their limbs limp. Wow. I’d no idea I could immobilize them with just one word.
“Where is Lord Draevyn?” I demanded, my voice reverberating my very bones.
Both mages nodded toward the tree line behind us.
“You will stay here, and you will not move,” I said to them, my words feeling like weights falling off my tongue.
I turned to Aurora, my siren voice still strong. “You will take your sister to Mrs. Euphemia, and you will wait for us there. Understood?”
She nodded, taking her sister’s hand and disappearing. I heaved a sigh as Nikkos helped me stand. At least they were safe in the castle. I had a feeling I wouldn’t want them to see Draevyn’s condition.
We found Draevyn, or what was left of him, by the tree line. A sob caught in my throat, and my knees buckled as I fell beside him. He was burned beyond recognition. Even his feathers had been turned to ash, leaving nothing but bald and bleeding wings. But even worse was his face, which resembled a melted ball of wax. Holy elements! They killed him! They killed my mate! My mates let out agonized roars, beating their chests. The cry that tore from me was something otherworldly as I fell on top of his body.
And then his charred corpse let out a moan. I jerked back, gaping at him. “He’s still alive!” I gave Nikkos a pleading look. “Please!” I cried, desperation robbing my mind of all reason. “Please help him!”
Nikkos fell beside his brother and held out a hand to me. “I need your strength. I need your siren.”
I nodded my understanding and took his hand while sucking in a deep breath, summoning every ounce of my magic from deep within my soul. “You will heal your brother,” I commanded, my words coming out like the blare of a battlefield call. “You will heal Draevyn.”
Nikkos released my hand and fell on top of Draevyn.
My hands flew to my mouth when both their bodies lit up with brilliant blue fire. They burned like a pyre for several tense minutes before the flames finally died down. I let out a strangled sob, my shoulders sagging with relief when Nikkos rolled off Draevyn, and I saw his body and face had been restored.
Nikkos draped a hand across his brow, letting out a moan, and Draevyn laid too eerily still upon the grass.
Blaze grasped my shoulder. “It took a lot of magic to heal him.” He gently kissed my brow. “They just need rest.”
I clung to him, sobs wracking my body. Elements, we’d almost lost Draevyn, and I’d never gotten the chance to bond with him. So many questions ran through my mind. What were he and the girls doing out here? I had a sinking feeling Aurora had teleported outside the castle walls and Draevyn had tried to save them.
Great goddess, I didn’t think I could ever repay him for his sacrifice.
After heaving a shuddering breath, I pulled out of Blaze’s arms. I nodded toward the mages still sitting in the grass. “Were those Malvolia’s mages?” Draevyn had warned us about them, but I’d forgotten their names.
“Bertram and Sol.” Blaze dragged a hand down his face with a groan. “Malvolia’s personal mages.”
Damn. “What should we do with them?”
“There’s not much we can do.” He grimaced. “They were probably sent by the queen herself.”
No doubt they attacked Draevyn as retribution for his failure to kill my parents. This was all my fault.
I threw up my hands. “So we should just let them go?”
Blaze rolled his shoulders and cracked his knuckles, his mouth splitting in a fanged grin. “After I rearrange their faces.”
I turned away, kneeling beside my sleeping mates when Blaze flew toward Bertram and Sol. I winced every time I heard Blaze roar as he kicked and punched them. I cringed when a line of fire mages flew toward us, but Blaze didn’t seem to be concerned as he kept beating his adversaries. The mages landed beside Blaze, and I recognized a few of them as Abyssus’s guards. It was about time they showed up.
After Malvolia’s mages let out several cries for mercy, I finally stood, waving to Blaze. “We need to get your brothers inside.”
The sun had finally set, and the moon looked far too big, far too bright. A strange howl sounded from somewhere in the forest.
Blaze had a stricken look when he came to me. I clasped his face, kissing away his tears, clinging to him when he swept me into his arms. The other guards grabbed Nikkos and Draevyn and followed us to the castle. It was then I knew our lives had taken a dark downward turn, and this attack was just a prelude to the bigger danger to follow.
