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Lennox!

LENNOX!

The voice rang in my mind as my eyelids slid closed and I let the darkness seep in.

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LUKA

LENNOX.

Nothing.There was nothing on the other side of the connection. It had gone dark. I couldn’t feel, hear, or even sense Lennox like I had been able to since she spoke that spell over us.

Something was wrong

Something wasverywrong.

I swiped at another mutated creature in front of me. Wiping the rotted green blood from my face with the back of my arm.

I needed to get to Lennox.

Something had happened to her. She needed my help.

“What’s wrong?” Declan killed another monster, his sword arcing through the air gracefully. The creatures kept coming and coming in a constant stream.

“It’s Lennox. She’s not responding,” I told him as I swiped toward another creature.

“I’m sure she’s busy fighting her own monsters.” Nico shifted back from his silver wolf form.

I shook my head. “No. I can’t feel anything from her. Something is wrong. I need to go find her.” Iknowsomething is wrong.

“There’s no way you’ll find them,” Declan pressed. “They’ve been in there for hours, Luce and Kara have her.”

“How do you know that?” I killed another monster that came toward me.

“I can ask Luce,” Nico offered.

“Please,” I pleaded.

I cut down another creature, keeping an eye on Nico out of the corner of my eye. The knot in my stomach twisted when his face paled.

“What?” I pressed. Blood sprayed as Nico’s ax met its mark.

“Tell me Nico or I’ll—” The wolf shuttered as he closed his eyes and took a deep breath before opening them again.

“Lennox got hit hard. She took several hard blows and passed out. Luce and Kara are still fighting off the monsters; they can’t get to her yet.”

Panic seized my body. I removed my sword from my latest kill. My mind already made up.

“I’m going after her,” I declared.

“You are not,” Declan bit out.

“The only thing that will keep me from going to her is if I pass out myself.”

“Luka,” Delcan growled. I knew he was considering it.

I took off running into the cave before he could act. “Luka!” I ignored Nico as I charged forward, drawing a flame to my palm.

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