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This moment couldn’t be more empowering as it was becoming clearer with every passing minute that somehow Willow and Ruby had managed to pull off a double powerplay like this and undermine the Coven’s plans to get the advantage.
It was noble and inspiring. It now felt like we’d been blindly brought along for the ride, which didn’t really bother me because this ride was proving to be worth the fearful circumstances from earlier.
“The daughter of Queen Elphaba Alundra Phoenix and Roberto De Luca. The firstborn you’ve always been jealous of since my mother announced to the supernatural community that she’d be giving birth to the next heir. I guess it wasn’t enough for you guys to do everything you could to break her mate bond with Roberto, huh? You knew my sister’s destiny way back then and yet you’re doing everything under the sun to stop her from claiming her birthright. Marvelous.”
She shook her head and waved her finger in front of them.
“The Coven has been far too naughty, and frankly, the Alundra Phoenix half of my family has been far too nice.” Her arm slipped from Willa’s shoulders as Ruby took a solid step forward just so she could crouch before the Elder who was fighting off actual tears.
“Why is she so afraid?”My wolf had to ask the prime question but I was just as dumbfounded about what we were missing here.
“Sadly, you’ve forgotten oneveryimportant thing, Elder,” she announced, and yet those words were cloaked with a tone of warning.“The fae are not as merciful.”
Fae…?
Not a second later, Ruby kept her smirking gaze on the frightened Elder’s face while her right arm lifted up and pointed diagonally to her sudden target.
The pull of the trigger forced us all to follow the direction of the blazing bullet that materialized along with the gun in Ruby’s grasp.
We were all shocked to see the little girl who’d previously been unconscious now stood with her intact arm raised and the black wand back in her grasp. It was all in vain because the blazing bullet hit its target - the bullet piercing through the little girl’s chest.
“NO!” the Elder screamed, watching as the girl stumbled back into the dented rail and she slowly looked down at her chest. The material of her purple to black dress began to blossom with red, but the sight only made the girl smile as she lifted her eyes to peer at her killer.
“Finally,” she quietly choked as blood already began to pool down the sides of her mouth. “I’m free.”
The rail supporting her weight suddenly cracked, and we watched as her smile only further spread at the acknowledgment of the inevitable. Just like that, the rail broke off and we watched the girl fall back.
Her drop was completely silent, the sound of her end signified by the ”plop” that came after the loud splash from the falling rail hitting the water’s surface.
“NO! Our prodigy!” One of the Elders tried to run to the edge, but Ruby’s gun fired again. The bullet struck the woman, who screamed in agony when her back was hit. Unlike the girl, the Elder’s body went up in flames.
Her loud cries for aid from the others fell on deaf ears as her body finally dropped to the floor, flailing wildly until her screams became whimpers, and she finally stilled.
I worried Malika would have witnessed all of this gore, but she was surprisingly in Saint’s arms, and from the looks of it, she was completely asleep. The screams didn’t even make her stir, which had to be thanks to him doing something to keep the innocent child in the realms of sleep.
“Anyone else?” Ruby inquired, bringing the attention back to her. “I have plenty of bullets left, but your demise depends on how sinful you’ve been. It’s a shame about the little girl. Looks like she was simply a puppet forced to do what you guys sought for her to do.”
“H-H-How…” The lead Elder couldn’t even speak.
“How could I?” Ruby tried to feign innocence as she gasped and pressed her free hand upon her chest. “I think you should reword that question,” she reasoned, her gun now pressed against the Elder’s forehead.
No one moved, and I held my breath.
“How could you approve of my sister being your Coven’s guinea pig and assume you all would get out of this predicament alive with survival privileges?”
This had to be a suspense movie of some sort because it was absolutely intense. It didn’t even feel real.
“Do you realize that I could riddle your tiny pea brain with bullets and not be charged?” she revealed. “Why? Ah. Because the fae side of my family is protected by our own law that says if a royal fae child is abducted, abused, or used for malicious reasons, the consequences for those involved is death.”
The leader couldn’t speak like the remaining Elders that quivered in their bowed spots.
“I love how your lot fears me not because of my wolf side, or the fact I currently hold the Princess Phoenix title, but because of this side of me,” she revealed. “You fear the wrath my father would deliver to you pesky cult of weak bitches, and frankly, I’m rather insulted seeing as my mother’s side holds more power over you.”
Her gun disappeared a second later - the metallic red weapon disintegrating into flakes of embers. “The only reason I’m sparing you is because that witch further behind us can’t take your place as a Coven lead.” She rose up and elaborated, “Not because she’s hasn’t surpassed you in power. That surely happened ages ago. It’s simply because I carry a pinch of respect for her previous friendship with my sister that I’ll spare her from carrying the burden of your downfall.”
With a clap of her hands, the roaring sound of motorcycles sounded off from both directions. In seconds, rows of men cloaked in leather emerged on bikes connected to what had to be some sort of container.
It only took me a few added seconds to put two and two together.
