I smiled. “Good.”
The facility looked like it had been hit by a bomb. That bomb went by the name of Mella. I took a moment to mourn the library. Even when I’d loathed every other inch of the Mage Council, I’d loved the library.
As soon as we were within sight of the facility, I raised my ward. It glowed around us, a purple-gold that also highlighted us like a beacon. No one would be looking at Samael’s tower right now. All eyes were on us.
“Oh Albert,” I sang, pushing power into my voice so it echoed over the entire neighborhood. Mages surrounded the facility, their faces tilted up as they glowered at us.
“You think you can huff and puff and blow my house down? Let’s see how you like it.”
“Amana!” Albert roared.
I turned my head. He was standing on a car, his face bright red. His eyes burned into mine and I gave him a finger wave.
“Don’t you dare!” He actually shook his fist at me.
I laughed. “What did you think would happen, Albert? You really thought you could come for my people with no repercussions?”
He gaped at me and I laughed again, knowing it would piss him off. Because that’s exactly what he’d thought. Someone had told him Samael was out of the picture, and he’d struck when we were weakest.
Now he would pay.
“Any heat signatures?” I muttered, and Vas shook his head.
“You’re clear.”
“Excellent.”
I lifted my hand. May as well make it dramatic.
All eyes were on me as I raised my pointer finger and stabbed it toward the facility.
Powererupted.
I gasped as it streamed from me, bathing my every cell with warmth. The mages attacked as one, their power smashing into my ward, but if there was one thing I was good at, it was warding.
The side of the building exploded.
I directed my power at the other side, aiming close to the ground. Mella had done so much damage that it wouldn’t take long for it to–
Screams tore through the air as anyone in the vicinity of the building fled for their lives. I aimed more power at the building, and fire slammed right into the center of it.
“Danica, stop!”
Someone else was using a spell to make their own voice louder. I glanced down.
Keigan stood on the ground below me. Even from here, I could see the disappointment in his eyes.
Disappointment in me.
Behind him, the facility pancaked. Dust flew through the air, covering everything in the vicinity.
“Take us down,” I told Vas.
“It’s not safe.”
“Just for a moment. Please.”
Vas tucked his wings in, and we plummeted down. I barely refrained from screaming as he thrust his wings out at the last minute.
