Her lips spread into a wicked smile, anger broiling in my guts from her smugness.
“I don’t know if I can get it off her safely,” Riley said, his Tidal Pull power kind of like telekinesis. But only by pulling something and then pushing it, so he was right. It might end up making things worse if he flung the crystal into a wall, breaking it.
Best let the real witchcops in our group try their thing first.
“We won’t tell you again,” Ollie warned.
The woman laughed. “Or what?”
“Don’t test us,” Jake retorted.
Her sneer scraped along my irritation, my hands balling into tight fists. I wanted to stomp over there and show them my power.
A series of brief yet painful pulses sparked in my skull. My left eye twitched, the rest of me hungry for violence.
Only when necessary,I told myself.
Be cool.
Be cool.
Be cool.
I clenched my hands, staying calm.
“Put it down!” Ollie yelled.
More smugness from the woman, her eyes wide with what looked like triumph.
“If you insist,” she answered, and flung the crystal to the ground.
Chapter 2
ISAAC
Riley attempted to snare the crystal, dropping his flashlight to use his power.
But it hit the ground first.
A terrific boom tore through the air, intense shockwaves of white light threw everyone onto their backsides.
Shit! My butt cheeks complained from the impact, the damp ground seeping through my jeans.
Fuck this.
I sprang to my feet, adrenaline firing like the engine of a sports car at full speed. Without another thought, I summoned my Defensive Sunshine. It blazed to life in my hands, spreading across the fairground within seconds, lighting the place up like a summer afternoon in July.
Take that, you smug fucks.
I moved toward the witches, intent on smacking some pricks upside the head.
“You smashed it!” one of the men cried, collapsing to his knees.
“How could you?” another bellowed.
The heat and brightness of my power brought them all down, their arms shielding their sweaty faces. Immobilized, too overwhelmed to do much.
“Please,” the woman who’d smashed the crystal begged. “We can’t…we can’t take this…spell.”
