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“Them?” She crosses her arms across her designer spandex-clothed body. “Oh, the children. I keep forgetting the reason for your visit.” She laughs again. “They’re around here somewhere.”
“Give us the children, and we won’t kill you,” Amelia says, filling me with anxiety. If Patrice lives, Alex and the girls will never be safe.
“You smell like the dog you fuck.” Her words are full of hatred “Shifter, I believe you’re confused. You hold no power here. In fact, you hold no power anywhere.” Patrice moves vampire speed inside the lighthouse, returning in the blink of an eye with Everly gripped tightly in her arms. Everly’s eyes grow in realization of who we are.
“Are you okay?” I ask the terrified girl. She nods her head, while her eyes tell a different story.
“Of course, she’s okay. She’s been well-fed since being here, haven’t you, girl?”
“Yes, Mother.”
“Where are Alex and Autumn?” Topher interrupts the insanity.
“Shut up, wolf. You are beneath the air required to speak to you.”
“You just did,” Topher retorts, making me smirk.
Patrice puts her hands on the girl’s shoulders, pushing her away from her body. “Make them leave,” she whispers into Everly’s ear.
“Please don’t make me, Mother.”
Patrice turns the young vampire toward her. “You know what will happen if you don’t. Do you need a reminder?”
“No,” Everly sobs.
“Good.” The evil mother turns her immortal child back toward our group. “Make them leave.”
“I’m sorry,” Everly whispers as she stares at the lycan behind me. She closes her eyes just as Micah’s scream pierces my ear drum. I turn, finding him lying on the rocks, curled into the fetal position, and holding his head in pain.
“Make it stop!” he screams.
“Good, girl. Now to the others,” Patrice says calmly.
“Everly?” I question the young girl. She ignores my words, turning her attention toward Luna. Her eyes close, and seconds later, Luna is on the rocks next to Micah, both writhing in pain. Topher shifts, hovering over the two lycan, protecting them with his wolf body. Whatever Everly did to Micah and Luna is affecting him, too. He keeps shaking his head and fighting to keep his footing on the rocks.
“Stop!” Amelia demands.
“You know, for the longest time, I didn’t believe this one had any ability.” Patrice pulls her hands from Everly’s shoulders. “What a surprise it was to discover just how wrong I was.” She laughs dramatically. “It’s not often I admit when I’m wrong. Consider yourselves lucky.”
I shift my attention toward the young girl. “Everly, don’t do this,” I warn. “Whatever you’re doing, let them go.”
“I can’t,” she whispers with tears flowing down hercheeks. “She’ll kill them.”
“You’re killing them!”
“She’ll kill Alexander and Autumn.”
“Find the children, I’ll stay out here,”Thorne speaks through my mind.
“What about the lycan?”
“Amelia and I can handle it. Get to the kids.”
I don’t wait to be told twice. Thorne steps between Everly and the lycan as Amelia shifts into wolf form. Banking on Patrice’s distraction, I move at vampire speed inside the lighthouse.
The room I enter is nothing more than an empty shell. The smell of mold fills my nose as I search for Alex’s familiar energy. “Alex!” I call through the space. I don’t think twice about shouting my announcement. If Samirah is here, there is no doubt she’s aware that we’re here.
“Alex!” I call again. My voice echoing off the concrete walls.
