Tali is tearing her arm from between the vehicles, and I can only imagine that her entire body was once between them. As her appendage tears from the joint, she tosses her head back with a laugh. “You’ve fed on my daughter, what a nuisance.”
This was my hope, because I’ve seen what my blood does to him, and having him overindulge like he did last night seems to be paying off.
Just as her arm is regenerating right before my eyes, Kai and three of his shadows are right in her face. I grip the blade in my hand and slice through my wrist. The pooling of my blood comes in front of me, and I create small darts before tossing them right in their direction.
My mother goes to counter his assault, but he disappears from in front of her, slipping between the shadows. She jerks her attention to me, just as my darts are about to slice into her skin.
Ijustneed to get into her system. If it worked on Archer, it shouldwork on her.
Large bat-like wings splay across her back and shield them from making contact.
Fucker.
I groan, watching as she stands tall. Her wings rip through her shirt, causing it to fall away, exposing her bare chest. Her Amoro has consumed her, but a vile, disgusting sensation tightens around my abdomen as I take in the sight of her without clothing.
She grins and takes a single step toward me, coming right up to my face.
I’m capable of reaching out as she goes for my neck, but before I can act, she launches us straight into the air. She doesn’t take us far, and as we plummet back to the ground, I grip the dagger in my hand tightly and slice upward through her face.
The crash into the ground below knocks the breath out of me. I thrust my knee up into her stomach causing her to hiss with rage. She grabs my wrist and then punches—once, twice, thrice. The ground below me cracks and shifts at how forceful her hits are. I can feel us dragging further into the concrete and then soil that is below it.
Then, as she goes for an even harder slam, I find the strength to shift upward and miss the attack. A force like a hurricane flies from her strike and the ground below me shakes.
I suddenly freefall, gasping out of pure fear, unable to understandhowI’m falling when I should be on the ground.
The short tumble ends with my back slamming into an uneven metal bar, and I groan in discomfort. I drive my heel into her chest, since Tali hasn’t gathered herself yet, sending her flying back off of me.
When I look around, I realize we’re in the fucking subway tunnel.
She smiles at me when I find her in my view, and lunges for me. However, Kairhyse flies through the shadows that surround us and tackles her. They roll, and when he finds himself on top of her, he slams his fist right at her neck.
A surge of her Amoro pulses outward, hurling him backward. But he recovers through the shadows, reappearing before her in an instant and slamming a punch into her face.
Fuck, he’s so hot.
After my back has healed from the plummet into the subway, I’m capable of standing. The moment I can, I’m running up to the small platform that isn’t a stop, but a space for workers, and right where Tali stands.
Just as she’s gathered herself, I grip the blade in my hand and thrust itright at her chest.
She grabs my wrist but Kai slams his elbow into her face, causing her to loosen her grip. I take my arm from her hold, and attempt again at her chest, but she throws out once more a pulse of her Amoro.
It doesn’t cause me to stumble back, but Kairhyse does.
She thrusts her hand toward my neck, forcing me to bend backward, which only results in me slicing through her ribs.
I flip the blade in my hand, taking a deep breath as I fight to steady my pulse.
She snarls, takes a step back, and runs.
This bitchruns! What the fuck?!
Kai moves to my side, and we don’t hesitate—we sprint after her down the tunnel. Her wings tuck in, and I watch as they quite literally sink back into her skin, sending a chill down my spine.
I push myself harder, trying to catch up, as light spills in from a section ahead. When she turns her head, she gives me a wink as though this is some game to her.
This is a stop, and it isnotvoid of people.
Loud screams echo throughout the space, and there are hundreds of people piled together. They are curling away from Tali, and now both Kairhyse and I.
