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“Saving your butts again?”
“We don’t need your saving,” Iokul said tightly. “We had it under control. We were going to follow the crowd out, shift, and fly away.”
“That’s a good plan,” Elvey said, “except the witch’s minions are watching the whole city, including the air, for dragons.”
Iokul snorted. “They can’t stop us.”
Before the two could delve further into a pissing contest, I cut in. “Elvey, thank you.” I had so many questions for him, but it wasn’t the time for any, except the most urgent one. “Should we hole up here and catch up,” I eyed the open archway at the end of the room leading down into a dark staircase, “or should we go down there and leave?”
“We’re not going into any unknown territory without investigating it first,” Iokul said.
“The unknown territory is our only safe path for now,” Elvey said. “The tunnel was built by witches and mages centuries ago to prevent attacks from dragons. They’d never have thought two fugitive dragons would find a good use of it in the future to escape a witch’s attack.”
While Elvey chuckled at the irony, a blunt force rammed into the door near us. I jumped, and Iokul shoved me behind him. In an instant, he uncoiled the band on his wrist and straightened it into a weapon.
A web of dark vines formed on the doorframe.
“The witch has found us.” Elvey gestured toward the archway that led to the stairs. “Shall we go?”
“Can the three of us take her down?” I asked. “You can glamour me, and I can shift to a dragon and burn the witch.”
“Or let me ice her,” Iokul said eagerly.
“Lysandra has a strong shield,” Elvey said. “Not even a royal dragon’s power can penetrate it.”
From the way he said her name, it sounded as if he knew her well, I thought drily.
“I only found out about her lately,” Elvey said in a clipped tone. “I have no affiliation to her.”
He always knew what was in my head without reading my mind.
Iokul watched him carefully. “But you know who she affiliates with.”
Elvey didn’t answer.
“I have White Light, you know,” I said, peeking into his eyes. “It destroyed a smoke-possessed dragon earlier.”
“But you couldn’t summon it today in the hall when she attacked you,” Elvey said.
I bit my lip. He’d seen my failed effort.
“You’re not ready,” Elvey said, a brutal honesty in his voice. “And she brought her coven. Their spells are dreadful and strong. Today isn’t the day we fight her.” He turned to Iokul. “I’ll lead. Daisy stays in the middle, and you bring up the rear.”
Iokul nodded, holding tightly on the bar-weapon.
A spark of blue light floated ahead of us.
We followed it into the endless tunnel.
We ran for a while until I heard a tight whooshing sound behind us. I turned just in time to see a flying sword sail toward us ahead of the enemy guards.
The witch and her minions had broken through the hidden door.
“Iokul,” I screamed my warning, and threw out a hand toward the sword, hoping some of my magic would block it.
Again, my White Light didn’t come to aid us.
Iokul roared, streams of ice pouring out of him, instantly forming a solid ice wall behind us. The ice kept extending toward our pursuers, until I heard muffled screams. My mate’s ice had trapped our enemies and their sword inside.
