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He engaged the golem to distract it as CeeCee reached forward and dragged it out. The golem swung a heavy fist at Kit and backhanded CeeCee. She flew backwards towards Kit, but he grabbed and spun her around. Her feet touched on the wounded cheek, and the golem roared.
Benedict came from nowhere, and his sword slashed through both kneecaps.
As it topped forward, trying to regain its stance, Kit stabbed his sword into the golem’s head. Benedict slung Kit clear as the golem’s heavy fist smashed where Kit had been standing.
“Now!” Benedict bellowed.
As the golem fought to free itself from the sword and put its legs back together, Cecilia screamed the spell with the golem’s shem at the end.
Immense power bolstered her words, enhanced by The Green Man, surged. Such was the strength of it, Lucian was jolted awake and gazed in disbelief at Kit. Both he and Benedict concentrated on keeping the golem away from CeeCee, but her work had been done.
A breeze picked up in the bar, and those on their feet staggered. Ancient phrases drifted on the wind. Vaguely, they could make out voices but not the actual language.
The golem remained frozen as the spell unravelled its very being.
Kit watched as it slowly hardened, but it still strove to reach Cecilia, determined to take her with it. To touch her one last time.
Benedict kicked its arm away as Kit chopped at the other. The first flakes of clay moved into the wind. An unholy screech left the golem’s lips as it fought with everything it had. More flakes broke away as the magic holding the golem together failed, with little golden sparks coming from it.
Kit reached out and dragged Benedict back.
Mixed amongst them were tiny black specks, representing the dark magic that had operated the golem. As they watched, the disintegration continued, and finally, there was nothing left of the Golem of Prague. It was completely gone.
Kit sighed in relief even as he caught Benedict’s stunned gaze. Benedict’s mouth opened and closed as he sought something to say.
“Will the damn thing return?” Cole was the first to speak.
“No,” Cecilia said from the safety of his arms.
Kit glowered at Cole, holding his sister, and Cole held his stare steadily and made no move to release her.
“Kit!” the word escaped Cecilia’s lips in a strangled cry. She wrenched free, launching into him. “You’re alive!”
“Barely!” Kit replied as he swung her high and back to the ground. He grasped CeeCee tightly, sinking his face into her hair. This was the other half of his soul, his twin. The final piece snapped into place, and Kit found his heart whole once again.
Love flowed between them, and the bond they’d always had blew into existence. They revelled in their twin joining, standing quietly and just happy to be in each other’s presence. Lucian climbed to his feet in complete disbelief as Benedict hit Kit from the side and encircled him and CeeCee.
Without a word, Lucian approached and enfolded the three of them in his embrace. Kit ducked his head under his elder brothers, like he did when he was a child. Lucian clung tightly to him.
“You’re alive,” Lucian said finally, his voice choked.
“Yes,” Kit replied.
There was a disturbance, and Kit turned and spotted three familiar figures. He saw Lucifer hold a finger to his lips, and Kit didn’t say anything. Happily, he watched the scene play out as CeeCee was given her life back.
Lucian kept a hand on Kit’s neck the entire time, while Benedict gripped his shoulder.
Kit was quite happy… until CeeCee threw herself into Cole’s arms.
“Something you want to tell me?” the youngest Norton male demanded.
Cecilia and Cole exchanged glances and giggled.
Kit wasn’t amused. But he put it aside as Benedict opened the door to the inn and let everyone outside in.
Stephanie flew through the door and into his embrace, claiming a kiss and making Cole give him a severe look.
“Anything you want to tell me?” Cole demanded, repeating Kit’s words.
