Page 6 of Stone Seduction
Six of them were standing, two of them dead. Servants of this Ember nightmare.
Dead humans walking.
One of them held Luke in his arms, backing away. Two women twirled their staffs, three crescent-shaped adornments flaring to life on the wood—purple, blue, green—the lights dancing as they performed their magical ritual.
These enchanters were going down.
Two gargoyle knights landed beside me, one of them my best buddy, Dane.
“What’s happening here, bro?” he asked.
My gaze stayed on my unconscious mark. I’d tear this fucker limb from limb for daring to touch him.
Mine.
My human.
My Luke.
The three of us charged, the third knight skewering a man through his skull with her spear.
Ah, the sweet sight of a knobhead getting kebabbed.
I reached Luke’s kidnapper, diving into a slide and took his legs out from under him, Luke flying out of his hold. With my reflexes on point, I snatched him from the air, cradling him to my chest.
“It’s alright,”I whispered into his mind.“I’m here.”
My anger fizzed, albeit tempered with my mark so close to me now.
“It’s gonna be alright,”I added, wanting to kiss his forehead.
The guy I’d taken down jumped to his feet, drawing a dagger.
“Really? Good luck finding a soft spot on this body.”
He narrowed his brown eyes, trying it anyway.
I beat my wings, lifting into the air as he lumbered forward. I lowered enough to kick him in his face. Up and over he went in an arch, crashing into the sand with a painful thud.
Dane finished him off, snapping his neck.
How many was that dead now? Five? Only one of those twirly staff women remained.
The charms on her weapon flashed more brightly, a series of monstrous shrieks chorusing in the sky.
Ah, bollocks.
Two chimera broke through the rain clouds, these a vibrant green—unlike the yellow ones the other night. Here to piss in our cereal.
I’d been pretty sure these humans were controlling the monsters with magic. Now it was confirmed, their lack of protection made complete sense.
A patrol of airborne knights attacked. Dane and the spear-wielding woman flew up to join them.
Chimera. Deadly, super strong, able to put us through the wringer. Even smashed the London and Brinecrest towers’ protection—one of the few monsters able to do so. By the stone gods, they were horrible things, their scarlet fire able to make lizard babies to join the chaos.
Despite their strength, chimera weren’t tough enough to gain any sort of hold on the human world. And these green ones seemed much weaker, their ferocity pretty diluted, their bodies big but not hardcore.
Thank the stone gods!
