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The ceremony itself was a blur color and sounds, with both Dain and my family at the center. As hard as I tried, I couldn’t keep my attention on one singular thing.Every so often my eyes would dart from Dain’s face to where my parents and Zack stood. Seconds ticked away, melting into minutes that only steepened the edge I felt I was about to plummet off of.Apollo, who was surprisingly enough, the officiant of the wedding, droned on and on about eternal love and how lucky Dain was to have finally found it within my arms. I had to give it to him, he was quite the actor. When he stepped beneath the arch of fire lilies and glittering crystals, his suit a vibrant shade of oranges and yellows, I could see why Dain had chosen him to lead the ceremony.His bronze eyes glittered with genuine happiness for his friend, and his words were filled with a passion that actually managed to snag my attention for a moment or two. The veracious tone of his voice had the crowd murmuring eagerly. Even Ca
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Ten seconds, that’s how long it took for things to go to hell.During that time, I could hear everything. Every shuddering breath from the crowd, every terrified whisper, even Helios grinding his teeth. It was when the veranda doors exploded in a shower of glass and stone that the screaming began.It was impossible to tell which shrieks were from the crowd, and which were from the wind. Both were whipped into a frenzy, but much to my dismay, no one in the crowd attempted to flee.Everyone pushed to the back of the room, crowding around the two thrones seated atop a raised dais, one made from pure gold and the other from a metal the color of darkness. Within the mix were my parents, both pale-faced and clutching Zack to their chests.I’d been so busy staring at them in horror that I almost missed her as she walked in. When I turned towards the source of all the gasps and screeches, I understood. My own jaw slackened in surprise.Nadia had changed since she fled from the Russo’s solstic
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“Did you just say Thatcher?” I blurted, my voice echoing in the eerie silence.I couldn’t help it, I had to ask. No one else was speaking up. Not Nadia, whose head swiveled in Antonio’s direction like it was mounted on a metal rod, nor Callum, who had his murderous stare fixated on Dain alone.This had to be the gift the black bull was talking about, but there was still something troubling my mind. Why would the bull think I’d have a hard time letting go of Antonio?I had a strong feeling that Callum didn’t give two shits who Antonio was. The only thing he was interested in was murdering his brother.There wasn’t a chance in hell I forgot about Dain’s little magic trick with the crowd, especially considering illusion magic was Callum’s specialty. I wondered if that was the secret plan he’d been working on all these weeks. Suddenly, him asking for my trust made sense.“Is that what I said?” Dain hummed, rubbing his jaw thoughtfully. Then, as he lost his battle with the smirk curving hi
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Before the warning bells embedded in my head could begin the haunting symphony that would let me know something was amiss, I was airborne.One of Nadia’s pets had lunged for me, the one with the split skull and milky white eyes. It was fast, faster than any werewolf I’d ever seen. Even Helios barely managed to intercept it in time, but somehow, he did. After all, it was his dagger, gilded and speckled with gold, which protruded from the creature’s throat. Helios held strong, his suit melting away in a flash of light to be replaced with glittering armor.I knew the salty scent of the ocean thickening around me, clotting in my mouth until my tongue went sandpaper dry, was Nadia’s doing—that she had been the one to hurl me across the throne room. She’d swatted me away like a fly and watched in utter satisfaction as I tumbled to the ground, sliding across the cracked marble as pieces of fractured stone scraped at my skin.The stinging pain that prickled my body was unimportant. What littl
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Selfishly, I tried to call on Helios, to summon him to my side like I’d been told I could. It was what he would’ve wanted, it was why we completed the bond in the first place. The issue was that no one told me how to do it.There was a sense of awareness that settled over me, followed by a wave of understanding that told me Helios was very much alive. He was feeling it too, a subtle tug that let him know I was still here. I concentrated on my golden-haired warrior harder, imagining him as a sword sheathed at my side, ready to be used at moment’s notice.I felt that tug turn into a harsh pull, but there was no smile of victory on my face, because the milky-eyed creature at the end of the hall let out a blood-curdling wail and charged.I’d never been afraid of horror movies, not with their make-shift gore and fake blood. The knowledge that the creepy monster on the television screen wasn’t actually real was enough to smother any fear I might’ve felt. As I scrambled to get away from the
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“My sisters, are they safe?” Aidan asked, his voice low.Even with a side view of his face, I could see the way it twisted into a concerned grimace. With eyebrows knitted tightly together and jaw clenched, he pivoted his head from left to right, peering down each corridor as we crept through another intersection. The sword he clutched in his hand, it’s metal an impenetrable black that shimmered with blood, was raised and ready for use.“Is anyone truly safe?” I asked, eyeing one of the windows warily. It would be all too easy for Nadia or one of her monsters to slip through now that the hallways were conjoined. “They’re hidden away. The fight won’t reach them.”His shoulders slumped as much as they could with the defensive stance he held, and a sigh of relief escaped his lips.“Thank the Goddess. Even though I’d see them when I got back, I’m not sure I’d be able to handle it if they were dead.”He didn’t have to explain why, not when the answer hovered in the space between us.There w
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For the longest time all I could hear was the sound of stone grinding against stone.There was a painful burn in my lungs, but I didn’t dare exhale. Instead, I held my breath and watched as the corridors around me shifted. Walls slid left and right, forming new pathways that hadn’t existed before. Many changed angles, creating sharp turns that you couldn’t see coming until it was too late.Some of the windows began to close, melting away as though they’d never been there, while others grew larger. The ones that grew in size turned into arched doorways narrow enough for but one person to slip through.While the castle itself wasn’t a sentient being, every brick and inch of tiled floor was alive with Dain’s magic. I could feel it’s alluring touch within everything I altered and couldn’t help but smile at how eager it was to please me. Even the paintings responded to my call, changing forms until each one was exactly the same.The brash strokes of oil paint shimmered as they changed colo
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Nadia launched herself at me, and as she did so, her hair and dress billowed out at her sides. The movement was slow and lazy, almost like she was submerged in water and not hovering a solid three feet in the air. Even though her form was translucent, and she seemed to be neither here nor there, I had a sickening feeling she could still do significant damage if I let her reach me.Instinct took over, and for once in my life, it wasn’t telling me to run.I launched the orb in my hand like it were a baseball, and watched as it spiraled through the air, a small halo of light surrounding it. When it hit its mark, square in the center of Nadia’s face, I silently thanked Aidan for teaching me all those years ago. I had hated every second of his baseball phase, but he’d been so passionate about becoming a professional athlete and whisking us away that I couldn’t resist helping him practice. After a dozen scraped knees, a handful of bruises, and one broken arm, we both called it quits.The in
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