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I shook my head. “Don’t leave your positions,”
I warned firmly. I could see the tumult in Nikolai’s eyes, but even though he wasn’t stupid, he knew leaving the ritual would not only ruin whatever chance we had of unleashing the dark magic, it would endanger us all. His dark eyes left mine, and darted towards the entrance of the cave where a few witches were guarding, nodding at them. At once, they left their positions. My eyes narrowed on Vladimir’s unconscious body in the pool of his blood.
The ritual continued; it was almost at its peak. If I had to do something, it was now. I concentrated deeply, channeling from the coven’s magic. I connected with Jaskier and the witches and we deviated from the original spell Nikolai had created for the ritual. I moved quickly. I knew it was only a matter of time before Nikolai realized something was wrong. Before that happened, I had to ensure I was almost done sealing the rift in the prison binding Shota’s magic.
The spell I had created and was now anchoring was too powerful. I kept channeling Nikolai and the coven witches’ magic together with Jaskier and the witches aiding me, but it wasn’t enough. I needed all the magic I could get. I had no choice but to channel the magic from the phoenix stones.
I felt enormous magic coursing through my veins, breathing fire. It was consuming me and taking everything I had, but I was almost there. I could feel Shota’s magic. Its darkness seeped through the crack, which I had begun to seal when Nikolai’s raging voice plunged the corner walls of my mind with his magic.
“Bloody traitor! I knew you shouldn’t be trusted!”
I heard him say as he broke free from my hold and I lost control of his magic and the rest of the coven witches who now surrounded us.
With everything that was going on, I tried my best not to break off the connection I had with Jaskier and the witches, and also with the new spell I had already begun. I was this close to ending it all once and for all.
“You won’t win tonight,”
he sneered, and I easily understood what was about to happen. Before the witches surrounding me could lift a finger, I sent a force against them that sent them flying against the rough walls, and immediately, I created a shield covering Nikolai, Vladimir, and me.
My blue eyes shone on Nikolai who attacked me fiercely with his magic without moving from his position. I evaded his attacks swiftly, lunging back at him until I was able to knock him unconscious. But I knew it wouldn’t be for too long. Vladimir was any second from awakening, and I couldn’t harm Nikolai yet, I needed as much magic as I could get from channeling him.
I continued the spell in a haste, rushing as fast as I could. I was almost there when I felt a sharp piercing deep in my bones. I pulled my eyes open, and they fell into Nikolai’s dark gaze, before moving to the black dagger that had stuck deeply to my stomach. It wasn’t a deep wound but I could feel my strength giving up as my blood dripped into the crimson pool of Vladimir’s blood that held magic from the phoenix stones.
Nikolai began chanting, channeling the power of the phoenix stones, and one by one, they began to lose their brilliant blue and white glow, turning a deep red.
I groaned, pulling the black dagger out of me. Even as Adie roved to the surface, my wound was still not healing. The pool of blood containing Vladimir’s body began to boil rigorously out of control and the water turned a dark color, and I continued chanting. Before Nikolai could proceed any further, there was an enormous force that broke out from the water, blasting everything in its path, and tearing down the shield that had covered us.
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Killian’s point of view
The attack on Oasis had begun a few hours ago when we felt the boundary collapse. Everyone could feel it, including Nikolai as he sent some of his witches to find out exactly what was happening. But I was waiting for them within the cave, along with some prisoners to ensure no one left the cave alive and I wished that included Vladimir, but it didn’t. The bastard cannot be harmed.
The only option we had after Oasis had burned to the ground was to take Vladimir back to North Central as a prisoner while we find a way to end him permanently. I was damned sure the Council had a solution for that.
It didn’t take long before Vladimir’s witches’ bodies were scattered around the cave. I left the prisoners guarding the entrance of the cave and the narrow paths and joined Jaskier and the witches who were also in the cave.
By the time I reached there, they had already begun the ritual, connecting to Naomi. I was at a near distance watching them when all of a sudden, I noticed something was wrong. The ancient symbols they were standing on began to lose their glow.
I felt my heart mount an instant race, and immediately, I left them, hurrying to where Naomi was anchoring the ritual. To my horror, the witches were trying to use their magic to tear down a white shield. I couldn’t find Naomi, Vladimir, and Nikolai. Naomi. Something had no doubt gone wrong, and it scared me Naomi was in there with those imbeciles.
Immediately, without thinking, I lept in the air, giving Ryker full control as he attacked the witches, and right on cue, the group of prisoners guarding the entrance of the cave joined in, fighting the witches. Ryker moved quickly and viciously like a wild beast, ripping off the heads of the witches with his sharp canines as we made our way to the shield. My first and only thought was to get to my mate.
Ryker raced to the shield, and the instant we touched it, a strong force sent us flying against the rocky walls, with pain coursing through our body, that I was forced to shift back abruptly into my human form.
“What the f**k!”
I steadied myself to stand, and amid the fight going on, my attention was focused on the white shield. I couldn’t see anything that was going on inside, but something was wrong and the white shield was turning black.
A fearful beat drummed in my ears, as my entire body felt the fear settle in. I rushed closer to the shield, about to find a way through it when something within exploded, tearing down the shield, and as soon as my eyes found Naomi, I grabbed her just in time before the powerful force sent everyone flying in different directions, and the earth to shake heavily, and causing rocks to roll down the cave, falling mercilessly on anyone in its path.
The cave was crumbling down. I held Naomi tightly, using my huge body to shield hers from the destruction. After painful minutes, it died. I groaned, pushing off the rocks that had fallen on me.
“Naomi,”
I turned my eyes on her, pulling her into my arms, trying to get her awake but I couldn’t. Naomi’s body was as cold as ice.
Killian’s point of view
For a second, my body was completely paralyzed. I couldn’t stop the wild drumming of my heart in my ears as I carried Naomi’s cold body in my arms and left the place, moving out to the narrow path of the cave.
Naomi was completely stiff and her body cold. My rounded, fearful eyes fell on the part of her stomach that was covered with blood. She had been wounded, but the wound was not so deep. Why the f**k wasn’t she healing?
I cleared the rocks that lay around, carefully placing her on the ground, my large hands cupping her cheeks as I tried everything to get her awake. The more I failed, I could feel myself a second away from going nuts. Panic and frenzy knotted my chest, and Ryker’s insane clawing and growling were worsening the situation. I just couldn’t think straight.
“Naomi please, come on,”
I tried again, but nothing. And it was at that fearful moment, I realized something. I couldn’t hear her heartbeat. I lost whatever control I had been holding on to and could do nothing to stop the trembling of my hands and body. “Oh goddess, please,”
I whispered to myself, as I kept on applying pressure on her chest. Still, nothing. “f**k it, Adie, please,”
I tried to connect with her wolf, but I couldn’t.
I growled in frustration, fighting the stinging of my eyes, and the defeated emotions strolling in. I pressed harder on her chest, sharing partial control with Ryker, praying to the goddess that she pulled through. I couldn’t imagine my life without Naomi, she had to pull through.
I kept on pressing hard, and right before my eyes, Naomi gasped awake, breaking into a weak, unsteady cough. Her pulse was weak as well. I held her body in my arms, brushing back the locks of her hair, as her eyelashes kept flapping weakly against each other, unable to stay open.
I pulled her against a corner wall in a seating position.
“K-Kill-“
She held my hand, weakly. “Vlad, Nikolai,”
she breathed weakly again. “Get them.”
“I will, but first, I have to get you out of here, Naomi-“
I began, but she held my hand tightly. “Find the phoenix stones. Killian, please.”
I locked my gaze briefly with her, before reluctantly nodding.
“Please, Naomi, just stay awake. I’ll be right back,”
I left after she nodded, heading back to where they were holding the ritual. The place was in complete ruins, with dust choking the air, making it difficult to see anything. I didn’t have to use my wolf’s insight before finding that bastard, Nikolai. His heartbeat was blasting the place.
I moved closer, and my amber eyes fell on him. He was scouring through the ruins, searching for something. As I moved closer to him from behind, I felt his body stiffen.
I clenched my jaw, moving swiftly with my wolf’s speed. I attacked him before he had the chance to mutter anything or even lift a muscle. He crashed against a pile of rocks, losing hold of the phoenix stones in his hands. I descended again on him, diving my claws deep into his flesh, tearing it. I kept on with this, sending a slow but lethal pain to his entire being, giving him no chance of recovery. He was bleeding profusely as I held him by the throat, forcing his weak, unsteady gaze on me. I wanted to ensure I was the last person he saw, right before I ripped his heart out.
Nikolai’s dark eyes on me widened and I could tell exactly what was going on in his head, but I didn’t have time to indulge. I still had one more imbecile to find. Unapologetically, my claws plunged into his chest, ripping his heart out. I watched Nikolai take his final breath from the cavity that now appeared in his chest. Like the worthless scum he was, I tossed his lifeless body to the pile of rocks and disaster laying on the ground.
I searched through the bodies on the ground, but there was no sign of Vladimir. He wasn’t here. That was a f*****g problem.
“Killian,”
I swerved around and saw Naomi at the entrance. She looked better than I had left her, and most of her wounds had begun to heal.
“Vladimir?”
she asked, and I shook my head, picking up the phoenix stones.
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