Page 62 of Detonation
It's time to glow, Lana.
I let my anger at everything that I’ve seen within these walls fuel me.
All of these people forced into servitude.
The wall shakes beneath my hands and I push more power into it, willing it to crumble.
The men who raped Sera. The woman murdered in front of me for Anshar's lee.
My power flares in my mind's eye and a scream rips from my throat as I push every ounce of energy from me in one final move.
The wall blows out, the debris hitting me, but a breeze on my face has me opening my eyes.
I did it.
Knowing I don't have time to marvel and pat myself on the back, I turn and yell at the fae staring slack jawed at me. "Go! Doc and Livi, lead them to the river!"
They come out of their shock as a wall of water slams into their backs and the mage yells, "Run!"
They don't hesitate a moment longer as they rush past me, Livi and Sera pausing to engulf me in a hug from both sides as they whisper, "Thank you," before running out the hole in the wall.
Tears of happiness run down my face as I let it sink in that they've all escaped.
The moment isn't long-lived as the mage blasts through the doorway, landing with a thud on the floor. The two guards that were with Sebastian walk through with their hands raised, holding purple flames.
"Move," they command as Sebastian walks through, dragging someone behind him.
My heart sinks. "No! Let him go!"
I scream as Sebastian pulls Doc in front of him, holding him upright by his throat, a sick smile on his face. Blood pours from a wound in Doc's stomach and I know he won’t make it if we don’t get him help.
The mage growls and leaps from the floor, hurling ice daggers at the two guards who block his way as he tries to get to Doc. Their flames melt away the ice and I dig deep, trying to find a lick of fire in me. I feel nothing so I let my senses flow into the ground, finding energy in the earth, pulling it into myself as naturally as I breathe.
Pulling a shield of my energy around me, I run straight at Sebastian, trusting my powers to deflect anything his guards throw at me. Their flames disintegrate against my shield as I run past them, shooting two teal bolts of electricity at them, knocking them out of the way.
I focus back on Doc, who has his eyes locked with the mage who runs by my side as we close in on Sebastian.
He opens his mouth, struggling to get words out with the grip on his neck. "Thank you ... for being ... my friend." A tear drops from his eye as Sebastian lifts his other hand to his head and snaps his neck.
No.
Chapter Twenty
Ash
It seems that the connection to my body was easier to break than I’d previously thought. I thought Anshar shoving me into mental confinement was the only way to detach me but I was wrong.
I was wrong.
I thought remaining alert, but in hiding, was enough to keep me tethered but the more time that passes without me taking control over my body, the more I fade.
Glimpses are all I get now. Snippets of conversations.
I don’t know where I go when I’m not present in our mind. The void, I suppose; perhaps the in-between plane for the living and the dead.
Her voice calls to me sometimes, reeling me back, securing me for a brief period. She was right when she said to him that he underestimates what people do for those they love. It’s the fiercest emotion in the world to have driving you.
That’s why I screamed and lashed out with everything in me when he put his hands on her and told her I was gone. I didn’t care if he heard me or if it alerted him. I needed her to know she was right when she said that I would never give up on her and our family.
