Page 184 of Sienna Rossi: Beyond Shattered Trust

I can do this.

I. Can. Do. This!

With that, I drive my full force into it; the collision shakes the battlefield.

Our powers tear through one another, neither side willing to yield as power explodes around us. The pressure alone is enough to shatter stone and send cracks racing through the frozen ground.

For a moment, we remain locked in a stalemate. Her power tries to eat up mine, but I’m controlling it, protecting it from being devoured, and she’s not liking it.

I twist, pulling away from my titan as she holds Velasara down, and I chant a spell.

Shadows burst from beneath Velasara’s feet in massive tendrils, wrapping around her legs and waist before she can react. Her power wavers as her concentration breaks and surprise flashes across her face.

Velasara tears through the first wave of shadows, her dark aura exploding around her as she frees herself, but she’s half a second too slow.

My titan’s fist collides with her barrier. The impact detonates across the mountainside, and the barrier shatters.

Her eyes widen.

And before she can recover, I move; the distance between us disappears as I move with speed I never knew I possessed – the speed of a Deimos’ mate.

I appear directly in front of her, shadows swirling around my arm as I drive my fist into her stomach, the force making her double over, a grunt escaping her lips.

Her aura whips around me more strongly, but my barriers remain, with intense precision and control. My shadows wrap around her arms and legs, dragging her backwards whilst my titan strikes again.

This time, she manages to block, but the impact still launches her through the air.

She crashes through a cluster of frozen, dead trees before skidding across the snow.

Silence settles across the battlefield for a moment, and I stand there breathing hard. My eyes are burning with a fierce confidence.

Velasara slowly rises, and blood drips from the corner of her mouth.

Fury burns in her crimson eyes as she wipes the blood from her mouth.

“Bitch.”

I cock a brow. “You don’t like to lose… A bit rich considering how many lives I’m sure you have taken.”

“I’d willingly make you one more,” she sneers. She then stiffens, glancing toward Vincenzo and Jayce.

“Seems your boss has other plans for me,” I mock, working on my next spell.

“We don’t need you with legs,” she remarks venomously. She moves back, her eyes glowing as she begins chanting. Pain thrums through me, and I stagger.

What is she doing?!

My powers surge around me, and I can feel myself losing my grasp on my titan.

My wolf whimpers, and I grit my teeth as the taste of blood fills my mouth.

Fuck.

I can’t breathe; the power is too intense.

No. Focus, Sienna, focus!

Through the agony, I take a deep, steadying breath, my eyes blazing, and then something inside of me stirs. It’s as if something buried inside me since birth has finally opened its eyes.