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A hand landed on her shoulder, stilling her movement.
“Not yet,” Her older sister warned.
“Then when, Lanias?” she demanded, as she watched a man below grab a mother from behind and toss her to the ground.
Lanias moved from behind her, and moved to her side. She pulled on the end of her right leather glove. “When he’s the surest of his victory.” She grinned. “That’s when.”
“Lanias, we shouldn’t be dragging this out,” Sabina said, her eyes focused on the people below. “If we wait any longer someone could die.”
Lanias’s expression remained as calm and still as the sky. Her eyes not giving anything away. Sabina envied her sister’s ability to be so controlled. Lanias’s every move was done without a bit of wasted energy.
“How many times?” Lanias asked.
Surprised by the sudden question, Sabina glanced at her sister. “What? How many times, what?”
“How many times have we done this?” Lanias asked as she lowered her left hand and removed the glove from her right. Her dark complexion losing color as a black light slowly encircled her hand. She wiggled her fingers playing with the dark magic “How many times have we done what the Council won’t do?”
Lanias’s eyes flickered with a cruel light as she slowly lifted her hand. “It’s a shame we don’t get paid for this.”
Lanias jerked her arm down. A tearing sound filled the air around them as the empty space before them ripped apart and exposed a black portal. Lanias half-turned, her expression expectant as she looked at Sabina.
“Coming?”
Together the two of them entered the portal. They arrived at the village below from the other side of the portal. Lanias called out, “Hello, Mudam.”
Mudam, who’d been getting high off the terrified faces of the women and children before him stilled. A chill ran down his spine as he straightened and slowly turned to face the person who’d called out to him. Sabina enjoyed the terror that dawned on his face. She wanted to jump the short distance between them and quickly end his life, but instead she would savor it. Patience she told herself.
Lanias’ eyes were black like burning opals, her hands rested inside the pockets of her blood red coat. She smiled and her teeth flashed white. “You’re the hardest little rat to catch. You know that?”
He visibly shrunk into himself as the color left his face. He staggered back. His lips worked soundlessly.
Lanias’s smile turned into a grin, when she saw this. “Don’t tell me you weren’t expecting us?” She pouted. “That hurts my feelings.”
One of the many men who’d been doing Mudam’s dirty work, released a shout of bravery, rushed forward with his axe and aimed for Lanias. Only he never made it as a whistling sound filled the air and a blade pierced through his back, the tip of it shining through the front of his chest. His lashes fluttered as he looked down at the ornate iron handle sunk deep in his chest before he looked back up at Sabrina and Lanias as if in confusion.
“Tsk, why can’t these fuckers ever stash the bravery somewhere the fuck else.” A woman’s voice seemingly came out of nowhere, before her figure shimmered into view.
Silver eyes like a cat glowed as a figure wearing leather pants lined with knives and a crop T-shirt appeared. Her thick black boots made a crunching sound as she grabbed the handle of her knife and jerked it out of his chest. She walked around the falling body and glared at Lanias. “I was wondering how long you were going to force me to hide.”
Lanias laughed. “I like to take my time with these things. You shouldn’t be in so much of a
rush, Oye.”
Oye flipped the blade in her hand, it melted and changed into a long staff. “Whatever.” She turned her attention to the trembling Mudam. “So, how are we killing him?”
Sabina glanced at her sister, eager to know as well. She personally hoped it would be especially painful.
“Mudam, it’s been what, six years since we started this little adventure?” Lanias said as she approached the shaking man.
Mudam’s white outfit was stained from what Sabina quickly realized was piss. Apparently having regained his voice, he turned away from them with a shriek. Sabina sneered as she watched him run, not that there was anywhere for him to go.
The minute he started running, Sabina moved. Her magic made her limber, she felt like she could physically do anything. She crouched slightly before jumping up. Her body rising higher than the trees as she flipped upside down and landed in a crouch in front of Mudam who’d fallen to his ass as soon as she landed.
Lanias stepped forward, her amusement clear. “I should have told you not to bother running.”
Sabina walked over to him. Her eyes hard. She’d been hunting this man. As the years had rolled on, the reason had grown more and more personal.
“You lied to these people,” she said, motioning with her chin to the people who’d grown quiet at the presence of her, Lanias and Her cousin Oye. “You tell them their children are demons, monsters.” She could feel the burn of anger under her skin.
