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“There you are…” She murmured, her eyes narrowing into mossy slits.
Dull pain radiated through my muscles as my back arched, following the path her hand made as she lifted it away from my chest. There was something trapped in there, thrashing against my ribcage as it was forced to the surface.
“…fighting me…should’ve been removed years ago…” I thought I heard her say, but the blood rushed to my ears as she pulled roughly, forcing my body to follow.
Nolan’s deep baritone rumbled in my ears. I couldn’t piece together what he was saying, but I could feel the charge his anger unleashed into the room. Rowena snapped something back at him, and the sound of his voice halted. The shrill ring of a cell phone filled the air, followed by what I thought was an apology from Breyona.
The thing in my chest was buried deep, hidden in the darkpowerful and reluctant to let go, but slowly I could feel it rise.
“We’re getting close, just hold on.” Rowena’s voice was becoming clearer, “…the sigil’s beginning to fade.”
A second shrill chime split the air, only this one was coming from my cellphone. I had given it to Nolan to hold onto, which is who I assumed declined the call.
The phone rang a second time, and a force even deeper than the spell that thrashed beneath my skin told me something was very, very wrong.
Rowena snapped. “Alpha-“
“Answer it.” I ordered him, forcing the words through my clenched teeth. Even turning my head as far as possible, I could only see the muscular outline of his arm. “…Nolan, do it.”
It felt like my spine was going to snaplike my chest was going to continue rising until the restraints cut into my skin and bone began to break.
The roaring in my ears dropped to a d**d silence as the call connected and Tristan’s voice came from the phone.
“F*****g h**l, Daisy. Learn to answer your phone!” He shouted, and I thought Nolan would hang up right then and there but what Tristain said next sent the floor crumbling from beneath both of us. “Your sister just had another nightmare-this one’s bad, it’s about the murders and who’s next…I’m grabbing
Giovanni now and were”
“Who’s next?!” Nolan’s snarl made Cordelia and Rowena collectively gasp.
Tristan’s response was instant, “…Breyona-Breyona’s next.”
I thrashed against the restraints the moment her name registered in my head, calling a tidal wave of disbelief so strong that I thought I might be sick. Bile rose in my throat, and I swallowed back the acidic fluid because I was not giving up-my best friend was not going to d*e.
“She had a call from Giovanni and stepped out …s**t, she’s not out here.” He snarled and scanned the forest nearly twenty feet away.
“Nolan-” I pleaded, and the look he gave me was one I’d never forget.
He looked more beast than man, his eyes molten gold and filled with fierce rage as he sprinted out the back door. I could hear the thud of his feet and the tearing of fabric as he exploded into his midnight-
colored beast.
“…get this f*****g thing off of me now!” I screamed, ignoring grandma’s voice as she tried to reassure me. The only thing soothing was the b**n in my throat as I snarled and shouted.
“This is going to-“
“DO IT!”
I was close to blacking out, hovering on the cusp of unconsciousness as my spine stretched past it’s limit and my limbs howled for release.
Blacking out would’ve been easier and less painful. Instead I felt every aching moment, up until the pressure in my chest shattered and something climbed its way to the surface.
Its strength was subtle and unlike anything I had ever felt beforenothing like the physical power I felt from both my werewolf and vampire side.
This was like shadow hidden beneath the skin, filling blood and cells until every part of me was infused with its silky power. My thoughts were charged with something that felt so similar to electricity, but I knew was magic.
I didn’t care about the magic unfurling inside of me, or the three women who stared with wide eyes and expressionless faces. All I cared about was Breyona-who had nothing to defend herself, not even the speed of her wolf.
“Get these off of me!” I shrieked and thrashed when the two witches remained rooted in place, shaking their heads at grandma who stood to help me.
My breath was coming so fast I could count the flecks of darkness that floated in my vision. Nolan wouldn’t be enough. She was in danger, and I needed to help. The cold liquid that seeped from the restraints around my wrists and ankles filled me with rage.
I want these things off.
The thought crackled in my head like a bolt of lightning. Four simultaneous snaps filled the air and the immoveable force that kept me pinned to the carpet was gone.
I scrambled to my feet the moment I felt the weightlessness of my own limbs. Rowena lunged with her arms extended, ready to grab me before I made a wild dash out the back door.
“No, don’t touch her!” Cordelia gasped at the last second.
I wasn’t paying attention as I darted out the back door and missed the panic-stricken look on Cordelia’s face when she grabbed Rowena.
The shadows were always nearby, always eager to make a deal. If Breyona’s scream hadn’t pierced the air, I might’ve noticed the way they no longer crept closer but fled in the opposite direction, as far away from me as they could get.
I barely remembered running into the forest even though I had little red marks speckling my face and arms from how fast I’d been going. Branches both barren and full of leaves slapped at my b**e skin, but the proof of it faded within seconds.
Her scent was faint, but I followed the thread until it withered away in my hands. The shadows scurried into the darkest corners of the forest, retreating farther with every step I took. I had just noticed it when the sound of a wet gasp sounded from close by.
The sight of her face, and the paleness of her skin as she lay sprawled out in the grass nearly sent me into shock. My mind was shutting down my senses one at a time until I could make sense of reality.
There was one thing alone that propelled me forwards, making me stumble and scrape my knees as I fell at her side.
It was the slow thud of her heart and the way her lips formed a small smile as her eyes focused on me.
I didn’t hesitate as I tore her shirt open and yanked down her tank top, but the weeping stab wound above her left breast had a sob catching in my throat.
“Goddess, Breyona. Why did you come out this far?” I whispered and pressed my shirt against her chest, barely recalling when I took it off.
“I saw…I saw my wolf…” She croaked and licked her dry lips, which were now coated with a sheen of blood. I tried to shush her, but the words tumbled from her lips. “…she looked different.”
I stared down at my hands and remembered the glow that had taken over Rowena’s. She could use her magic to heal, which meant I could do the same. Maya didn’t speak the truth that lingered between us, that I might not be able to heal like Rowena could. Still, there was no other option. Rowena was too far away, and Breyona had minutes…possibly even seconds left.
There was no one that could help us in time. It was up to me, which meant there was no room for failure.
I threw my blood-soaked shirt across the grass and flattened my palms against her chest, trying to picture my own glow radiating from my skin. When that didn’t work, I closed my eyes and clawed at that smoky substance entangled with my soul.
I came up with nothing but the sound of my own heartbeat in my ears, and the anguish that came with failure.
“Daisy…” Her voice was so quiet.
The sound of it held my heart in a vice grip and clenched with every raspy breath she took. I told her to be quiet, to let me fix this. Her blood coated my hands, and for once my stomach revolted at the sight. I couldn’t stand the look in her eyes, or the tear that trailed down her cheek because we both knew that I couldn’t fix this.
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