Page 110 of Touched By Moonlight
Energy swirling around the ghost army faded, forming into mist. Droplets raced toward Kallan as my brother inhaled it. With each inhalation, he glowed a deeper blue, taking the ancient, evil energy into himself as one would suck at a Camelbak filled withwater.
This was my world, the world of the Fionn Fae who grabbed power through any means possible. Ancient Fae energy. Usingothers.
I could imagine even Grayson, with his Fae blood, would find it inconceivable and hard to digest. Sometimes the enemy in front of you is too terrible to contemplate. Too terrible to believein.
But Kallan was more than real. A familiar monster tome.
Half the ghost army was gone now, perhaps a few hundred remaining. Blue energy ringed Kallan’s body. Much stronger now, but I could still takehim.
Ancient Fae magick. Powerful butdead.
Blue energy streamed from the ghost army into my brother, funneling into him in arush.
My stomach turned and I struggled against the nausea rising in my throat. Kallanlaughed.
Then his eyes glowed blue, his pale skin glowing blue aswell.
My brother had become a force powerful enough to defeatme.
I fisted my hands, glancing at my lovers. “You need to go. Now, before he kills you aswell.”
“Nicolas, Stephan, get back,” Grayson snapped. “Stephan, shift into wolf. That’s anorder.”
Immediately Stephan shapeshifted into a wolf, standing at Grayson’sside.
“I have to do this.” I stared helplessly at Grayson. “Kallan is forcing me to confront him and take his life. But if I release my power, he’ll take the hit and absorb it because he’s stronger now for gaining all that ancient magick. This was his plan allalong.”
“I know.” Grayson clasped myshoulders.
“But I can’t leave you here with him. You’lldie.”
“Listen to me, Sienna,” Grayson said quietly. “My betas don’t have magick enough to stop your brother. I don’t know if we’ll get out of here alive. But I’ll be damned if I stand here waiting for him to get at you and at us. I want you to retreat inside the lodge and take Stephan and Nicolas with you. Only you can protect them long enough toescape.”
Something inside me snapped. I stretched out my hand, now glowing blue and humming with my naturalpower.
“Fuck escape. I’m going tofight.”
