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“You played your part perfectly,” laughs Ocuri. “A young, helpless witch who just wanted to be loved, and who was all too easy to trick.”
I jump down, swinging my dagger at him. He dodges with ease, sidestepping and tripping me with his feet. I jump up and raise my dagger at him as we circle each other.
“I’d do it all again if I could Salina, especially with that body of yours.”
His eyes wander my figure, sending a shiver down my spine.
“You were so easy to bed and fuck. Even easier was getting you to spill all of your secrets.”
“Why did you betray me?” I wail, a tear escaping from my eye.
“Because the purna are nothing but a walking plague on Protheka. You’re just as despicable as humans, standing in the way of a better Vhoig. Once I’m through with you, I’ll seek out the remaining members of Lunar Flame and destroy them once and for all.”
“No…” I groan.
“Yes,” he says. “Soon, the purna will be forgotten.”
“Never!”
I lunge for him but he grabs me mid air, slamming me into the nearest wall. Next thing I know, I’m on the ground, my head spinning in a daze. Instinctively, my hands reach for another weapon, grasping for anything I can find.
A guard steps into my blurred vision, holding a knife. He drives it down, plunging it deep into my shoulder. I scream in pain as I become pinned to the floor.
The guard steps back with a smile, Ocuri taking his place as the dark elf advances on me.
“This is it,” he snickers.
At that moment, I know he’s right. I’m about to die here alongside Denve, and there’s not a damned thing I can do about it.
24
DENVE
My awareness slowly begins to return to my body. Recalling the last memory being my brother attacking me, I wonder if I’m dead, if I’m about to wake up in the afterlife.
There come the sounds of grunting and scuffles all about me as I realize that somehow I’m still alive. As the haze clears, I half expect to see the warehouse up in flames. It’d be just like my brother to leave me and burn.
There whisks through the air a flurry of movement to my left. My vision clears to see Salina standing across from Ocuri, holding her dagger up. Struggling nearby to get to their feet are the two guards, pulling what appear to be Salina’s throwing knives out from their knees.
She has fought valiantly and held her own against three attackers at once,I think in fascination.Then again, I can’t say that I’m surprised.
I try moving but find difficulty, my body still feeling as though it’s asleep. A warm sensation flows over the surface of my skin, as if kissed by a protective energy.
Just then, Salina’s cry rings through the air. I glance over at her as a guard brings down a dagger into her shoulder, blood spurting into the air. Behind them, Ocuri moves forth with a look of bloodlust in the glimmer of his eyes.
The alarming sight surges me with newfound strength as I suddenly find myself rushing toward him.
I’m not about to sit and watch Salina die!
I move so quickly that the guards don’t notice me. Ocuri spots me too late, his eyes becoming wide as I push him away. As he falls back, a guard grabs my arm but I headbutt him, disarming a sword from his waistband as he stumbles away.
I raise the weapon in a defensive stance as I hold an arm to Salina. She grabs my hand, pulling herself up.
“Are you okay?” I ask, keeping my eyes glued on our enemies.
“I’m fine.” She groans.
“The dagger in your shoulder, it must be removed.”
