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Chapter 7

Author: Peachy
"No!"

I threw myself in front of Liam.

A golden shield erupted from my palm.

Jayden's curse slammed into it.

The impact ripped through me.

I coughed, tasting blood.

"Lacey!" Liam steadies me as I stumble.

"You coward!" I spit, wiping a smear of blood from my lips. "You attack a man from behind?"

A flicker of guilt crosses Jayden's face, but it’s quickly swallowed by madness. "He's not innocent! He's trying to take you from me!"

"Take me?" I laughed, a cold, bitter sound. "Jayden, I am not a prize to be won."

I let Liam guide me away from the castle. Behind us, Jayden's hysterical screams echo. "Lacey! You can't be with him! You're mine!"

"Does it hurt?" Liam asks, his hand on my back, his eyes full of concern.

"I'm fine," I say, forcing down the pain in my chest. "Just a bit of magical backlash."

"I know a witch who lives in a cottage by the lake," Liam says, helping me into his car. "She's skilled at healing magical wounds."

The car cruises along the lakeside road, the setting sun
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