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“Freeze him,” Zara ordered the other witch.
He unleashed his freeze spell. I dodged in time, rolling across the floor as the magic whizzed above my head.
Zara roared her fury. “Stay still!”
The other witch came at me again, crouching and firing off the spell with a mighty clap. The cold energy missed me as I spun and lunged at the caster.
“Bloody hell!” he grumbled, getting to his feet.
I twirled around him, delivering a kick into his lower back. He sprawled onto his front, smacking his face on the floor. His nose definitely went crunch.
He went still.
Zara pumped her shotgun. “Enough of this shit!”
I faced her down. “You can’t hurt me, Zara.”
“You’re right.” She lowered the gun, magic crawling across her hands. “You’re right. Let’s change tactics.” She dropped the gun, bringing her hands up into a clapping position.
Shit.
“Freeze!”
Chapter 12
RILEY
Iran behind Aaron, my heart a dozen drums in my chest. He led us through a series of narrow corridors, the gray stone walls too close, the space too compact. Single lightbulbs hung from wires at various intervals, flickering creepily.
There was barely enough room for us. If we were caught in here…
I didn’t want to think aboutthat.
Hecate, get us through this night.
Gun shots magnified my terror. Soon, my legs would give up, my entire body ready for unconsciousness in a bid to pluck me from this nightmare.
We were under attack. The enemy was already unleashing their crap upon us.
Damn. This was only night one.
“Where are we going?” Isaac asked, panting behind me.
Aaron slowed down to walk, taking a right turn at a T-junction. “We have to fight back.”
Isaac puffed on his inhaler. “With what?”
“Your powers,” he said. “You have to connect to them, embrace them.” He turned to face us. “What do you feel in here?” He tapped the area around his heart.
Terror.“I don’t…I don’t know,” I answered.
Aaron rubbed at his left cheek, his complexion pale with fear. “Focus. Feel the magic inside you. Your new powers should speak to you, according to Erin.”
Two for Isaac, one for me. We never got to the details.
I guess I’d be learning on the job, so to speak.
Okay, focus. Dig deep. Let this new magic speak to me. It already hummed in my bones. A pleasant hum, like a billion little hugs across every inch of marrow.
