Page 65 of Twisted Fates
Instinct took over, and I jumped from the slab and turned toward her just as her horn came down. My horn and hers collided, and a strange rainbow-colored supernova burst from where our two horns met.
Power soared through me, and strength like I’d never known settled firmly into my being. The horrific hum ceased, and moments later, the light slowly ebbed, and Shadow pulled back. The second after she did, we both turned back into what I now knew were human avatars—the human equivalent of our bodies.
“We did it, brother.”
“Brother?” I asked, and I knew what she was saying was true. Shadow was my sister.
I looked over at where the dark entities had been, but only ashes wafted through the air now. “Incinerated?” I asked, and Shadow nodded.
“Destroyed themselves by linking to my horn when you and I joined. Not a smart move.”
“Wait!” I yelled. “Damian, Cary!”
“They're fine. Come on. They’re over here.”
I followed her as we rushed to where all five lay crumpled on the ground. I could feel that Mrs. Patterson was injured, but the moment Shadow saw her, she turned back into theKarkadann and touched her with her horn. Mrs. Patterson’s injuries were immediately healed.
She swallowed hard as she gazed up at Shadow and whispered, “Thanks.”
Shadow transformed back into her human avatar and smiled, then reached down and pulled Mrs. Patterson to her feet.
I rushed over to Damian and pulled him up. Seeing he was okay and smiling at me, I thrust myself into his arms. “Oh my God, Damian, I was so worried,” I cried, tears pouring down my face.
“Shh, my powerful unicorn, you were magnificent, as was Shadow. Thank you,” he said over my shoulder.
“Ah, nothing to it,” she said.
I didn’t have the energy to unpack how it was nothing.
Damian held me tight, whispering it was okay and that it was over. Finally, after a very long time, I let him go. The tears finally spent.
“You’re fine, and I dare say, nothing in its right mind will ever take you on again. You are a fully powered unicorn, after all.”
I shook my head. “I have no idea what that means, but if I don’t have to worry about being abducted again or bitten by a stupid vampire, I am fully behind it.”
“Yeah, we’ll still need to check on the bites.”
“No, you don’t,” Shadow said. “He’s pure light, remember. Nothing can infect him now, not when he and I have completed our joining.”
“About that,” Damian said, but Shadow laughed.
“About that, you can never say what you saw here today. In fact, I either get your commitment in blood, or I will erase all your memories, and I do mean all of them,” she said.
Somehow, I knew she…we…actually could do just that. Even a Legacy Wizard couldn’t resist the combined powers of Re’em and Karkadann unicorns.
Damian smiled at me. “I would never do anything to hurt Owen or the future reincarnations of him either,” he said, and I couldn’t help but smile even though the thought of being reincarnated opened up so many questions.
Shadow looked around the group, and when they all agreed, she transformed and touched each of their hands with her horn, releasing a small amount of blood.
“Swear,” she said as she returned to her avatar form, “that you will never speak of what you saw here tonight. No one must ever know the unified power of the Re’em or Karkadann unicorns.”
They all swore simultaneously, and dark rainbow light glowed in their hands, sealing their promises.
Satisfied, Shadow sighed. “Now, if you give Owen and me a moment, we need to speak, and since I’ve claimed this as my territory, there is no place safer for us to do so.”
I could tell Damian didn’t want to leave me, not again, and not so soon after my life had been in jeopardy, but when I nodded in his direction, he went with the others.
“So,” I said as soon as they were gone, “want to explain what happened?”
