Page 281 of The Cruelest Undead
“What is going on?” Jolie asked, seeing they were all alone there.
Jacques told them.
“Someone released Aiobeheann, and she’s using the fact I placed more of her in Kiera to fully ride her vessel.”
That was ill-timed.
Damn it.
As for letting her out…
Oh, he knew who it had to be. There was no coincidence that he’d left Flynn’s parents there alone, and now this.
Oh, shit.
From the ground, Rinnon was pissed.
“She wanted to necromance more than anything. This was her end goal. We just gave it to her!”
He was aware.
Only, he hadn’t seen this coming.
The question was why?
Was it because Fate, his partner in holding the fabric together had been locked up? Or was it because they’d destroyed the actual fabric with their ridiculousness?
They watched as the zombies were surrounding Mathew and Marie Lareau. They crawled slowly, trying to get to them.
“Bring her to me,” Aiobeheann said, her voice Kiera’s, but the woman was not in control of her own body.
Kiera was floating on the ground, not even walking as she moved toward Mathew and Marie. From her ears, blood dripped.
It was clear that their witch was fighting her from the inside.
And losing.
All around them, the zombies are doing what she asked. Mathew might have two relics, but Aiobeheann was an ancient vampyre witch.
That was no match.
In front of her, Marie was torn into pieces, and snacked on as she was brought to Aiobeheann piece-by-piece.
The whole time, Jolie was horrified.
“We have to help Kiera,” she whispered, still trapped beneath her mate’s wings.
Jacques gave them the bad news.
“We can’t. It’s too late. She’s in control of Kiera. I can protect us, but I can’t stop her. She’s clearly been working on spells behind my back.”
And then, they knew where she got it.
“It’s when Kiera went into Mambo’s mind,” Rinnon said. “She relearned and learned new things.”
Yeah, this was horrible.
On top of that, Rinnon was three days beyond irritated.
