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“Get the children out of here,”Thorne sends through our connection.“I love you…always.”
Barely giving me time to understand his words, he leaps through the air, wrapping his arms and legs around the demigod. “No!” I shout as my ability takes over. I fly through the air, landing on the wall behind Marnie, wrapping my arm around her throat. It takes every bit of my strength to hold on.
“Don’t bite her!”Everly shouts through my mind.“Her blood will kill you instantly.”I have no idea if Everly is correct, but I’ve learned not to question the immortal child and her abilities.
“Everly, don’t come down here, but we need your help.”
Marnie pulls Thorne from her side, throwing him across the room. His body hits the wall hard, leaving a human-sized dent in the wood. He slides down, seemingly unconscious.
I continue pulling her neck, keeping her from moving any further. “Let go of me,” she warns.
In a moment from an epic fantasy movie, Celeste steps forward holding what looks like a Viking-era sword. I have no idea where she found it, but I’m okay with it. She moves faster than eyes can track, slicing her way through the seaweed extensions. The instant they’re separated from the demigod, they wither, turning into dust.
Micah and Luna are instantly on their feet, each staggering slightly as they stalk closer to the fight.
Celeste continues her assault, moving closer to Marnie until barely any space separates them. She lifts into the air, looking the creature in the eyes. “Leave. Or I will kill you.”
Marnie’s mouth opens, releasing another ear-piercing scream as she twists, pulling from my grip and throwing me off of the wall behind her. I land across the room, jumping to my feet in an instant.
“Where’s our brother?” Everly calls from the top of the stairs. The immortal children are standing hand in hand with their eyes locked on Marnie.
The demigod lowers to the ground, keeping her arms to her sides. “Come with me, and I’ll show you.”
“Okay,” Everly and Autumn answer in unison.
“No!” I scream just as a whirlwind of action ensues all at once. Luna rushes up the stairs, standing in front of the girls protectively as the rest of us rush toward Marnie.
She sweeps her arms into the air, forming what looks like a large bubble that encases everyone except Luna and the girls. “They have decided,” Marnie’s voice booms through the room. She snaps her fingers, filling the bubble with water.
Each of us begins tearing at the magic that surrounds us. I use my teeth, while the lycan use their claws. Nothing works. The lycan can’t breathe.
“Oh, my, God. Luna,” Celeste’s voice echoes through the water, staring through the wall of our cell. “Luna.”
Marnie stalks up the stairs, heading right toward the immortal children and their lycanthrope protector. “Luna!” I scream as the pale wolf stands on her hind legs, biting at the creature with everything that she has.
The room turns slow motion, and I watch in horror as Marnie slices through Luna’s small body like she’s cutting butter. “No!” I scream while fighting against the restraints. Luna shifts into human form as she falls down the stairs, landing in a pool of blood on the landing.
“We’ll be okay,”Everly says in my mind as she and Autumn are wrapped in Marnie’s arms and dragged through the door seconds later.
“They can’t breathe!” Amelia says, drawing my attention back to the lycan and our trap. Topher and Micah are fighting less than earlier, telling me they’re running out of oxygen. We continue fighting against the bubble, unable to make a tearthrough it.
“Topher!” Amelia cries. Her voice has lost the strength she always carries with her. “You’re going to be okay, baby.”
I focus all of my attention on the human boy who’s upstairs, hidden in his room.“Brayden! We need your help. If you can hear me, we need you to come downstairs.”Micah has begun to convulse under the water, returning to human form as Amelia wraps her arms around Topher, blowing air into his mouth.
“Brayden!”I call again.“The wolves are going to die.”
Dark hair at the top of the stairs grabs my attention as the human boy peers around the corner. He moves slowly down the stairs, stopping to look at what remains of Luna.
“You have to cut the bubble.”He looks up, realizing what’s going on.“Find a knife,”I demand.
Topher’s body shifts into human form as he and Micah have no fight left in them. Brayden disappears through a swinging door, returning seconds later, holding what looks like a butcher knife.
“That’s it. Cut it!”
Brayden lifts the knife above his head, bringing it down on our prison. The bubble explodes, releasing the gallons of water and throwing the small boy backward.
Amelia grabs Topher as Celeste grabs Micah. The two of them work in tandem, fighting to help the lycan breathe. Both work as if it’s something they’ve done hundreds of times before.
