Page 121 of Rose and Shadows
But then a blast of gray power ripped through the trees, downing several of them and making those surrounding me hiss and spin around in fury.
It was enough for me to thrust my palm out and blast back those behind me, breaking the circle they’d formed. I captured them in Undead Domination in the next moment, lifting them off the ground and holding dozens of them immobile.
My reaction was compromised as I took a few seconds to call the baby rattle forth, then send it away to the closest one of my loves to my current location. I couldn’t risk falling and having it locked away with my magic and our baby missing an energy feed.
The moment I’d discreetly completed the task, I then turned to deal with thePuritascontingent and trap them in Undead Domination as well to give myself time to determine a solution to this unique problem.
But it was too late then, as I felt a burst of power behind me a moment before a hand wrapped around my throat.
“Apologies, distorted revenants, but your vengeance will have to wait. Not to worry, he will be joining you in the Valley of the Dead rather quickly.”
“Father,” I strained against his constricting grip.
Before I could move to strike him, a familiar form of a toned guy in a silver cape teleported right in front of me. The Light Fae with the staff topped with a glowing peach orb, the one who’d led the attack on my home.
The one we now knew to be Gregor Varsellis.
Leader ofPuritas.
He blew a whole lot of glimmering power in my face.
No.
My father holding me in a body lock prevented me from turning my head to avoid inhaling it.
And then it was infusing me, burning through my lungs, and forcing a head-spinning weakness in mere seconds.
Light Fae dust infused with Celestial…
My thoughts tapered off.
I couldn’t keep my eyes open.
The forest faded away.
And then… it was all gone.
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~Lazriel~
Laughter ran out all around me.
It was ours.
My mom’s and mine.
We were running in wolf form together through the grounds of her secluded home.
It had been way too long since we’d done this.
I’d really missed it, just like I’d missed our closeness.
With everything that had been happening since the start of my fourth year at Wraeven Academy, we hadn’t even managed to keep up with our regular calls, let alone our dinners. The dinners had been something I’d never missed before. But then she’d been called away by the Shifter Stabilization Unit and everything else had gone down.
A whole fucking lot.
But now, here we were—running and bounding, leaping over rocks, weaving through trees, just letting loose and enjoying the mother-son moment.
