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Chapter 144
“Adley…” I spoke soft and slow, like I were coaxing a wounded animal from its den. “…I need you to come over here, now.”
I begged her to listen with my eyes, but my attention kept straying to Ally. She was twitching beneath her veil of knotted hair, whimpering softly. My heart threatened to seize in my chest when I took a step in her direction and Adley’s stance turned defensive.
“What—Rachel, no. We can’t…I can’t—” Her voice cracked like thin porcelain.
It wasn’t weakness in Adley’s eyes but a slew of emotions that proved the sheer strength she possessed. Horror and anguish made the bright blue’s pale like brittle ice, while the stubborn refusal to leave her sister behind was a fire that glowed warm beneath it all.
Ally began to say something under her breath, but her voice was wet and raspy. Adley jumped into action, unafraid as she reached
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The weapon of light I held in my hand sputtered out, and for a long moment we stared at one another. Our eyes conveyed everything words couldn’t. Every agonizing emotion we felt was on display, along with the flimsy excuses we told ourselves to cover the bitter, ugly truth of it all.I murdered her sister, her twin. We came here to rescue Ally and failed.Blame and agony were the storm clouds that rolled across her eyes, leeching the blue from the horizon until her iris’s turned a flat grey. There was something different about her, something that changed when Ally’s body melted into the iridescent stars that now hung in the night sky.It could’ve easily been a mixture of shock and grief, but a feeling in my gut told me it might be something more.My brain was running on overdrive, taking in every detail, yet I it couldn’t find the words to say. I wanted to snarl and throw myself out the window a second time when an a
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Thirteen tunnels circled the room with flickering torches in between. Choosing from them was going to be a problem, but that wasn’t the only one we’d have to face before getting the hell out of here. Each tunnel was incredibly narrow and would only fit the three of us if we went in a single-file line. The thought of being trapped while Callum, Nadia, or any one of their creatures raced for us made me feel a bit light-headed.What made matters worse was using any sort of fire power in such a confined space could hurt Adley or Apollo.Apollo stood at the very center of the cavern, a hand on his chin as he stared down each dark tunnel. Adley on the other hand walked the circumference of the room. As I paid more attention to her I realized her eyes were going blank every so often. It happened right when she’d pass a tunnel, though for some they remained normal.“This one.” Her voice bounced off the smooth walls, and she came to a stop i
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“Now, now. We don’t want boy toy to get hurt, do we?” Alexandria cooed; her blood-red lips forming a perfect heart on her face.To prove a point she brought the blade up and nicked his cheek. A thin trail of blood ran down the side of his face, through the stubble that appeared to be freshly shaved. I hadn’t even realized I’d been snarling until she giggled and shook her head.Through it all, Aidan’s eyes remained blank.“What did you do to him?” I would’ve been surprised at how guttural my voice sounded if she hadn’t brought the blade back to his throat.She feigned confusion and used her free hand to tug his head back. “Oh, that. It’s just a little enchantment to keep him cool as a cucumber while we chat.”“After what you did to Ally, the only conversation we’re going to have is the one where you beg for your life.” I would’ve made an at
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Alexandria had no qualms about releasing Aeacus, who seemed not to hear Adley’s ominous warning of his death and instead chose to lunge for her throat a second time.The glint of a bronze-colored blade flashed in my peripherals, and I stepped back in time to miss getting clipped by its massive hilt as Apollo intercepted his brother. I thought for sure Adley’s warning was going to come true when a loud clang filled the air.Apollo’s sword slammed into the spear that magically appeared in Aeacus’s hand. Sparks erupted where the two weapons met, but both men held their stances.Its body was crafted from the same bronzed metal as Apollo’s sword and was topped with a wavy-edged blade whose tip rested an inch from Adley’s throat.She didn’t move a muscle, nor did she take her eyes off Alexandria. I wondered if she had seen it coming, if that was why she hadn’t so much as flinched when Aeacus swung the blade at her
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I wiped the vomit from my mouth but turned to heave again when Apollo lifted his brother’s severed head off the floor by his mane of bronze hair. There was a hideously disturbing splat, much too loud to be blood alone, as something wet hit the floor.“Do you really need to take his head with you, Apollo?” I asked after spitting and wiping my mouth for the second time.The question was supposed to be laced with venom, but instead I sounded almost afraid. His behavior was a bit odd, but it’s not like there were guidelines for keeping your shit together after beheading your own flesh and blood. Plus, he and Aeacus seemed to have some serious issues.Apollo cocked one of his sculpted eyebrows at me, like I was the one being difficult. There wasn’t a shred of regret or shame within his eyes, not that there should be, but I expected something substantial.This couldn’t possibly be it.‘
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Countless guests who had eagerly torn open their invitations just hours ago, now found their lives cut short. I wondered how many of them spent twice the amount of time on their hair and clothes, only to end up a bloodless corpse on the floor.I was too lost in the sea of dead to notice the wall of darkness that consumed the other side of the room. It appeared impenetrable, and completely shielded the southern corridor, and half of the dance floor. Only when Aidan’s hand slipped through my own did I lift my head, but it wasn’t to gaze up at the forlorn expression on his face.A man emerged from the shadows, running full force as he dragged a sobbing woman behind him. Her intricate updo was lopsided, sticking to the blood that ran down the side of her slender face. Clutched in her hand like a weapon was a stiletto, one that didn’t match the shredded turquoise dress clinging to her trembling frame.It was then I heard the screaming coming from in
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This was the first time I’d seen him in action if that’s what you could call this. He played it tame back at the festival of night, but with Callum and Nadia somewhere in this mess, it was no holds barred.From deep within the pulsing cloud of night I heard a sharp crack, like the air itself had been cleaved in two.The same man Dain had pulled back in was now thrown into the air. He soared over broken tables and almost clipped one of the deserted bars before hitting the ground with a heavy thud.My stomach turned painfully, but bile refused to surface. It was adrenaline alone that kept me from hurling when his head tore open on impact and the marble flooring split from the force at which he’d been thrown. Even the sight of his mangled limbs, twisted at odd angles couldn’t reach me, not to say it wouldn’t once this was all over.“Oh, I’m sure of it.” Apollo nodded, his head tilting as he stared at the dead m
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