I get back up, snarling as I try to get to him again and again. Each strike, each attempt is blocked before I even reach him.
From behind, Sienna’s power surges, making the man turn towards her.
NO!
I snarl as Sienna’s power clashes against his invisible shield,and he turns to look at her. He flicks his hand, and she’s thrown back, but she’s getting up again.
I growl, shaking my head, hoping she understands as I spin around and snarl at the man who is coming closer. I keep attacking, trying to force through the barrier, frustration and fear burning through me.
Trying to calm myself, I focus through the mind-link.
Can any of you hear me?!
Silence.
Fuck!
I had hoped I’d be somewhat in range.
Theo! Ares! Carter! Renji!
I shout through the mind-link as I try to cut through the barrier.
Jayce?Carter’s voice comes.Where are you?
We’ve been attacked 20 minutes out from-
I’m thrown to the ground, the impact knocking the breath from my lungs, but I’ve caught his attention, a glint of intrigue in his eyes.
The impact knocks the breath from my lungs. I shift back without meaning to, unable to sustain my wolf form anymore.
I fall to my knees.
Rage coils deep in my chest, my heart thudding rapidly.
Check my location through the Schattensicht! Send help!
On it!I can hear the worry in his voice, wondering how I had sounded.
I’ve never asked for help.
Sienna rises, face pale, but furious. Her magic ignites around her. Dark tendrils of shadow twist out from her fingertips, wrapping around her arms, swirling beneath her feet. Her eyes blaze red, and she whispers something I do not understand, and the ground splits beneath her.
She raises her arm, sending a wave of intense power at him. The ground burns with her power. I feel it pulse through the air, but he simply walks through it.
Her magic doesn’t touch him.
How does it not fucking touch him?! What the fuck is he?
Sienna screams, the sound laced with desperation as she releases everything she has. Her hair lifts in the wind, and her eyes glow red as power tears through her veins. She brings down his barrier, but that just creates direct contact between them.
NO!
I race towards them as he raises his hand, and faster than either of us can catch, he strikes her across the chest with one blast of his own.
She flies through the air, and I leap up, catching her, my heart pounding. Fuck!
We land hard, our bodies tumbling to the ground, and although I can hear her heart beating, her eyes flutter, and I’m forced back into human form. The pain barely registers as I look down at her in my oversized jacket. The bruises that cover her body make her look fragile, and guilt consumes me.
