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“Well, that’s good to know.” Someone said clearly sounding amused.

Raijin jolted pulling Sabina closer.

“Woah, there,” Lyon said lifting his hands, as Castian, Malcolm, Lanias and Alek circled him. His white eyes curved in humor, “I mean you no harm.”

“Bull shit,” Lanias said, tightening her hold of the black rope she’d wrapped around his neck. “I can think of a few times you’ve caused plenty of harm.”

His smile widened to a grin, “Now, now, that wasn’t me, but demons sent by the Lord.” He said, lowering his right hand he touched the tip of the blade Castian had pressed to his throat. “And thanks to your witch finally revealing what I needed I don’t need to attack you.” His smile vanished and with astonishing speed he disappeared from the center of their circle. Malcolm cursed pulling the trigger on the gun in his hand. The bullet passed through nothing.

Alek, blade slashed through the air, catching Lyon by the shoulder. But that didn’t stop the Unseelie from escaping he reappeared behind Lanias, holding her by the neck but the willy witch had turned the black tendril into a weapon making the end sharp and slammed it through his stomach.

He lurched forward, not releasing his hold of her. His eyes narrowed on her. “Humph, maybe your kind isn’t as weak as we thought.”

Lanias merely bared her teeth at him.

“Lyon.”

All in the destroyed area jumped at the sudden yell, their eyes going to the other Unseelie who floated above Raijin. He tilted his chin up, “Stop playing with them.” He turned his attention to Raijin, “you should quickly take her to be healed. The Lord has spies, and so he should know by now the prophecy in its entirety.”

“The Lord?” Raijin questioned even as he remained alert. “Who is he?”

The unseelie shook his head, “It is not yet time for you to know flesh eater.”

With that he turned and disappeared.

“Jion, wait for me,” Lyon yelled after him, abruptly releasing Lanias and disappearing too.

Staggering, Lanias whipped around only to find nothing. She rubbed her neck, her eyes narrowing on where the Unseelie had been standing. “Shit, he’s fast.”

Raijin stood, holding Sabina in his arm. Turning he made his way over to them, his expression complicated. “We need to clean her up, and get her healed before we do anything else.”

Lanias agreed, but because of the magic Castian had used they were forced to walk from the now nearly demolished council building to a place where Lanias could create a gate freely.

Raijin looked down at Sabina’s face, lifting her he pressed his lips to her forehead. He’d never let anything happen to her again, nor would he ever hold back in loving her.

Sabina, his lover, his mate, his everything.

Chapter37

Aftermath

SABINA

“Idid what,” Sabin exclaimed.

She stared at her sister in shock. Before she looked back at the footage on the large screen T.V. in her sister’s town house. She’d been out of the hospital for three days, after recovering from magical exhaustion, being questioned by the Chief of the Blue Jays and getting grilled by a disturbed looking Tiller.

There she was, her face camouflaged, but she was cackling like a mad woman as she tore a solid piece of glass window off the Council building. “That can’t be me.”

Lanias complained from the kitchen. “How many times did I tell you not to try to go back.”

“I didn’t,” Sabina said contrite, “all I did was agree with the little phantom thing. How was I supposed to know; you’d suppressed my memories to weaken my magic?” She shot her sister an annoyed look, “Talk about elderly sisters’ high handedness. And, let’s not forget I was pumped full of dark magic. That shitsfuckingpowerful,” she gave a small shiver.

Lanias reentered the living room and set a trey covered in little cakes and two cups of steaming Chamomile tea down. “I did what was best at the time, especially with you going to the human world. You’ve always been stronger than normal witches, if I’d left you alone you’d have turned your husband into Johnny Depp.” She said this while floating a teacup over to Sabina.

Sabina caught it midair. “What makes you think I didn’t?”

Hearing this, Lanias quirked her brow. “Do tell.”

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