Page 124 of Spellbound
“Underworld. Death. Saving lives.” Maddox snapped his fingers. “This isn’t a carnival, girl.”
“Ignore him.” I shot him a look. “He’s just bitter because he wasn’t the one to figure this out.”
Naomi shot him one last smirk before I sped her to the mountains. I’d head back for Edmund next, then Maddox.
When we landed, she vomited all over her shoes, then sat on the snow-blanketed ground.
I stepped back. “Lovely.”
“That was just... way too fast.” She blinked several times. “I’m dizzy.”
“It’s okay. I bet Maddox will be just as disoriented.”
“Good.” She sighed. “Make sure to go extra fast with him.”
“I will,” I smirked.
Her expression straightened. “Elle, for real, this is a brilliant plan. We’re going to save everything because of you.”
My legs felt like they’d turned to gelatin. Gods, I hoped my plan worked. If not, then I’d have killed us all.
After whisking Edmund and Maddox to the cave opening, I leaned back against a snow-powdered rock. “Once I open this portal, things can get out,” I explained. Although they already knew, Naomi didn’t. “Time will be of the limit. The last time I got out, two demons came with me. If any realize this is open, they’ll swarm.”
Naomi leaned over her spell book. “Then we wait to open it until we’re prepared. How long will the spell take?” She looked at Edmund.
“Thirty minutes maybe.” He looked at me. “Do you think you can get your sister out before then and kill Alexander?”
I gazed up, into the oblivion of white. “I hope so.”
“We need the soul of the goddess of the dead if you want this to work,” Naomi said, as if I didn’t already know. It was the only way I could repay Thalia for what had happened. I already needed to keep Leda trapped in the underworld, else I would die, and getting Raiden and Aziel was the right thing to do—even if he had broken my heart.
“Try not to miss!” Maddox shouted as I left, the dagger sheathed to my thigh.
CHAPTER THIRTY-THREE
The mountain disappearedin a flurry of white. My boot crunched against the ice as I scaled the jagged rocks, feeling invincible with the knowledge I couldn’t die. Mona was somewhere close. I could hear the steady beat of her heart and the racing of Alexander’s. Edmund, Maddox, and Naomi were far away now, even though I left them mere minutes ago. The distance I could travel in such a short time was invigorating. I could go anywhere, do anything. The cold was nothing as winds kissed my skin, spreading goose bumps along my arms.
