Page 71 of The Mating Need
“Do it, Jenny. He’s not Ellison. He’s a demon who branded Zoe, destroyed lives and will destroy more if you don’t finish him off. I have faith in you, sweetheart. Don’t listen to the demon. Focus on my voiceonly.”
She did as he kept talking, telling her how strong she was, how proud he was of hertalent.
Doggedly she kept up the flow of pure white light until Ellison became white hot, and nothing remained of him but flames pouring from herfingertips.
“One final push, see him turning into nothing, dissolving,” Caderynurged.
Closing her eyes, she saw the light squeeze and squeeze until the demon turned into small particles, and then vaporized. Ignoring the screams, hearing only Troy’sencouragement.
Then suddenly she felt nothing. Jenny opened hereyes.
Nothing remained of Ellison. Not even a burn mark in the field. It was as if he neverexisted.
“Well done, my daughter.” Caderyn clapped a hand on her shoulder and she nearly staggered from theforce.
“Take it easy, big guy,” she told him. “I’m kindasmall.”
“But with the heart and soul of a warrior,” Caderyn said, and there was a hint of pride in hisvoice.
The other wizards gathered around them, congratulating her as Troy hugged hertight.
“You did it.” He smoothed back the damp hair from her face. “Knew youcould.”
“You both can be a formidable force in the fight against the rising tide of darkness. It will not be a smooth road, but with your swiftness, Troy, and your magick, Jenny, you will become like a scythe moving through hay, cutting down evil where you see it,” Caderyn toldthem.
“But the choice is yours,” Drust added, the dragon wizard looking off into the distance. “We would never force it uponyou.”
“We must go now, young Jenny,” Gideon told her. “It was a pleasure watching you destroy that demon. Now Caderyn, about this talent ofyours…”
All the wizardsvanished.
It was as if they were never there. She shivered. Troy wrapped his arms around her. “One last thing,sweetheart.”
“Anything for you,” shewhispered.
He grinned. “Aiden and those wizards left us stranded. Can you get us out of here, back to thelodge?”
Using her powers, shedid.
Hugging Troy, Jenny transported them back into the lodge’s living room, feeling time and space whoosh past them. They materialized near the fireplace. Troylaughed.
“What a rush. You’re better than a cramped airplane,Jenny.”
She became aware of others in the room staring at them. This time, not with trepidation or distrust, but respect. Aiden was on the phone, his mate Nia next to him. Sitting opposite in a love seat was Dale and his mate, Beth, while Darius sat in an armchair nearby, Sam on his lap. Snake stood by the fireplace, staring into theflames.
The beta shook his head and motioned forquiet.
“Right. Any time you need access, you’ve got it. The wolf pack is all yours now for studying.” Aiden looked at Jenny,winked.
The alpha’s expression went blank. “Really? That’s too bad. I’m sure Professor Perry will bemissed.”
“Not,” Troymurmured.
Aiden hung up. “Professor Chance called to thank me for allowing him access onto our land to study the Timberline pack. The memory spell Tristan put on him worked well. He doesn’t remember a thing about finding a lone wolf caught in a trap,Jenny.”
Beth hugged Dale. “He’s such a good teacher, and cares about the environment. I’m glad he stopped seeing Judy. She was so crazy about Perry, thought he walked on water. Professor Chance deserves a nicewoman.”
“Like the one I have, except she’s taken,” Dalepurred.
