Page 29 of Darkness Colliding
“Don’t be mad because your friends like me better, Cupcake.” Cameron grips the edge of the window, straddling it for a moment as he eases himself out.
“If by ‘like you’ you mean they want to rip you apart and use your limbs to fornicate with, then, yeah, they like you so much better.”
I’m shaking my head at the two of them as I stare up at him. Just as his fingers are gripping the window pane, his arms flexing to hold himself in place, a slender hand with sharp nails digs into his wrist. I’m closing the distance, striding toward him even though there’s absolutely nothing I can do from down here. Cameron releases his hold on the house, slamming his hand into hers and trying to shove away from the tight grip Tantra has on him. His boots kick against the siding, and, before I can stop it, the dry winds begin to bow against my magic. My jaw ticks as she struggles to pull him back in like she’s taking back the gift she claimed Nollix had brought her.
“Tantra, let him go.” Nollix is roaring up at her, but she doesn’t look at him once as the darkness in her eyes flashes with excitement.
Magic twirls through the air, and I shove harsh currents of wind against her. Her thin frame stumbles back, and it takes her a moment to realize it’s me. Dark eyes lock on to me, but she only uses her sharp nails to dig into Cameron’s skin even harder.
It’s in that moment, with our gazes held relentlessly on each other, that I know she’s not going to release him. She’ll take him down with her if she has to.
Her men surround her, holding on to her as several hands begin to tear at the Warlock dangling against the house. The words Nollix spoke just moments ago about ripping apart his limbs start to circle my mind, and my magic kicks up, pushing with rapid winds against the house until the structure groans and sand starts to fill the air in stinging pain. It strikes against my skin, and along the house, and into her dark eyes, but still she clings to him. She bares her teeth with a manic look in her features just before she leans closer and sinks her jagged teeth into his arm, locking down on his flesh until he’s cursing loud enough to be heard over the winds.
“She fucking bit me. She seriously fucking bit me.”
My magic shakes with fury to harm her, but sometimes I forget, I’m not the only person with dark power.
With his jaw locked tight, Cameron’s fist glows red, and it slams against the siding, striking so hard it cracks beneath his knuckles. A fracturing line rips through the foundation, leaving a gaping and jagged line into the home. A bright color of magic shines within his palm as he hits once more against the house until it’s shaking so hard the woman’s eyes widen, her palms going to the window pane to steady herself.
And she drops him.
He lands flat on his back, looking up at the house that’s trembling. The ground rumbles beneath us, and I barely see the Demons slip into the shadows of the room before the roof sinks in on itself. The frame collapses, and it doesn’t take long before the dust begins to bloom up around the falling structure.
Cameron kicks away, making room between him and the destruction he just created.
The sound of the house falling clatters through the silence, but a humming sound still crawls through the ground, reverberating right through me as something down below makes itself known.
“What the hell is that?” Cameron stands slowly, and I can’t help but reach out and touch him, letting my fingers drift down the side of his hand.
The way Nollix’s shoulders stiffen, his gaze searching the ground like he’s waiting to be introduced to whatever’s just below, makes fear curl up inside me.
“That’s the souls of the Core.” His gaze catches mine, halting the breath in my lungs. “We’re close.”
