Page 93 of Lunar Diamonds
Those blue flames flickered seemingly in response, the ball moving back slightly. “Sun too bright. Moon follows him. Mine. My Moon. Mine. Mine. Mine.”
My scalp itched, lungs on pause.
“Answer me, fucker!” Isaac barked, his hands igniting with sunlight.
“No!” the orb wailed. “No! No! No!”
The whole of my brother ignited in radiant light, putting the real sun to shame. His power smothered everything in warmth and that terrific glow.
“Tell me who you are!” Isaac’s voice bounced off the walls.
The ball recoiled, whimpering.
“Tell me!” he demanded.
Goodness, he was scary.
The door crashed open, Drake bounding into the room. “Shit!”
He saw it too. This wasn’t a me thing anymore.
Drake darted around the orb, shielding his eyes, coming to my side.
He came to help me…
The blue orb sobbed. “Mistake. Mistake. Keep it. Keep it. Would free me. Would free me. Would free me. Want. Want. Want.”
What the hell?
Isaac’s sunlight intensified. “Tell me who you are!”
The orb screamed under the thunderous demand, shrinking away until it burst in a puff of blue smoke.
Gone.
“Fucker.” Isaac shut off the sunlight, turning to me. “All good?”
Drake collapsed to his knees, drenched in sweat, his arm still across his eyes. “Shit.”
I crouched beside him. “Are you okay?”
“That was incredible,” he said, panting for breath. “The heat. The light.”
How hot could Isaac go? “Are you hurt?”
“No. Just feel like I’ve been in Death Valley.”
I touched his back, his body like a radiator on the highest setting.
My hand feels good here…
“Is he okay?” my brother asked, coming down to my level.
“I’ll be fine,” Drake answered for himself.
Isaac began to pace. “What the fuck is that thing? Give it what? Riley’s powers? Where’s Erin?” He stormed out of the room.
“Can you stand?” I asked Drake.
