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Their eyes immediately landed on me, and everyone but Neo flinched at the sight.
“An Inferno Devil.” Milo’s voice sounded a tad abnormal, but after the spell he pulled, it kind of made sense with the lingering energy that continued to course through his frame, which looked taller and bulkier.
“Shit, William!” Onyx wanted to move forward, but Neo grabbed his arm, as did Viktor.
“Wait!” they said together, and Neo followed with, “Something is off in the air.”
At least what I sensed was legit. The air felt far too still for my liking. Nothing else was moving; the world almost felt stagnant in nature. The clouds surely should have moved above, the thick curtains of mist should have continued to move inward, and the sounds from the traffic behind us from both directions should have reached our ears by now.
Instead, there was nothing but eerie silence.
“William stopped time,” Viktor whispered. That was the only explanation for the stillness. This would be troublesome because it meant we needed to get him out while he was holding time.
It also meant we didn’t have long. That shockwave was triggered by shock, and the longer he held time, the more at risk he was of draining every bit of energy he had left and dying.
I felt like all of us were mentally coming to the same conclusion, but then a soft voice spoke.
“Daddy?” We all looked to the car, and there was the little girl, only her black hair that was held in a ponytail was glowing in gold with streaks of white that kept emitting different colors.
I immediately picked up on her fae magic, and boy, was it astonishing for a little girl. I could see her tears beginning to run down her cheeks. Her eyes were a brilliant gold that reminded me of Milo’s.
She may not have been his actual daughter, but she sure looked like him in that moment.
“Friend. Hurt,” she let us know as she pointed next to her. “Help?”
“Milo,” Dimitris began, and it was clear he was in full Alpha mode, “approach the car slowly. Get your daughter out of there.”
Milo didn’t delay as he immediately made his way to the car, his steps swift but holding a cautiousness to them.
“What about William?” Onyx urged.
“We won’t fit through that space in the back,” Loki noted. “Neither will Milo, Saint, or Viktor.”
“I can fit just fine,” Viktor reasoned, but Dimitris shook his head.
“He’s not referring to size alone. Your energies are all over the place. It can trigger time to move abruptly, and the car’s position is too risky, even with Jayce holding onto it with his chains.”
“Neo?” Saint offered.
“I can’t get William out of his state of shock,” Neo announced as if to admit defeat. I bet that was hard for him to acknowledge, but this wasn’t the time to try to act tough. All of us were scared for William’s safety, but I guessed only two of us standing here had a chance of reaching his subconscious.
“Which leaves?” Onyx stressed.
“Dimitris and Jayce.”
Everyone seemed to dismiss me entirely and look at Dimitris, but his eyes were solely on me - as if the decision were already set in stone in his mind.
“Jayce,” he began, his voice extremely stern, “I need you to get William out of there.”
He didn’t need to use his Alpha tone to ensure I understood the assignment being given to me.
“Why me?” My voice was gnarly in nature, its thick eeriness reminding me of the taste of molasses or the feeling of dread.
“You know why.” He obviously wasn’t going to deal with my games. “We have no more time.”
I guess I’ll give him that.
We didn’t have time because it was frozen by my Rebel. I’d have to reach him for all of our sakes because I was the only calm one standing here on this bridge.
