Page 108 of Obsidian and Frost
Others smiled back at me and gave me chin lifts before they all passed through as well.
Once the last one was through, I activated Soul Track to ensure I hadn’t missed anyone, or that there weren’t any hostages being hidden away.
Nothing.
I had them all.
I closed the portal, then called my power and performedOblivisca, a small mind-wipe, but to sixty vampires.
By the time I was done, the strain was clear, and I had to grab at the corridor wall on my way out of the building.
It took me a while to get clear and I pulled out my phone instead of using magic to convey to Charlie that the job was done, and that he could call in the Guardian Movement.
I needed the last vestige of my energy to do one last thing.
Once I was out of the mansion, I walked about fifty feet away, then called my power again to wipe my scent and magical signature from the place.
A heavy sigh escaped me.
It was now fully done.
Mission complete.
I needed to get much further away before the Guardian Movement arrived, so I swept myself up in a cloud of teleportation, intending to head back to my house.
But it cut out before I made it all the way there.
Instead, I materialized against my will, finding myself in the heart of the forest about twenty miles from my home.
I choked as pain shot along my right arm, a burning fucking pain that I knew all too well at this point.
Desiccation.
A moment later, it seared across my abs too.
It started moving from searing pain to a freezer burn sensation as it drove deeper, damaged me deeper.
I had to try to teleport the rest of the way.
I wouldn’t make it walking.
I went to call my power again.
But then a blast of magic slammed into me.
It ripped through my shield because I was obviously so fucking weakened now, and it propelled me twenty feet across the forest into the trunk of a tree.
I cursed and clawed at the bark, staggering around.
Rainbow curls filled my vision.
Rennick Darrow.
The arrogant sorcerer from Wraeven Academy. Kelsana Torl’s possessive boyfriend.
“You’re not gonna be so charming when I’m done with you!” he roared, delivering another blast of his yellow magic that slammed into my gut and had me doubling over.
His fist smashed into my face in the next second, wrapped in magic, and scraping across my cheek, all his fucking rings ripping it open.
