“Come on, Blondie, get your butt moving,” Theo says.
I nod, taking a deep breath as I step through, with Ahren, Jayce and Theo right behind me.
Then we’re falling, everything spins as we’re being sucked away, the amulet hums in my chest, burning hot, and then we’re hitting the ground hard. My knees slam into the ground, and I grit my teeth.
The amulet that had become embedded in our chests now falls to the ground before disintegrating into ash.
“Home sweet home.” Theo whistles as he stands up, his voice cutting through the rain.
It’s pouring down, and we’re back in the same clothes we were wearing the day we left.
Everyone slowly gets to their feet, but I don’t. The sheer power inside of me radiates at my fingertips. Something stirs inside me, humming with ancient power. It crawls beneath my skin as if it’s alive.
Someone calls me, but it’s muffled, swallowed by the storm inside of my head. Powerful but controlled.
Then it comes.
Well, well, well, hello there, Aldona, a voice whispers in my head, sinister and deadly, creeping into every corner of my mind.
I know exactly who it belongs to.
My chest tightens before I look up, my eyes blazing.
Hello, Endora.
Back Home
Theo
“Heaven?” Sienna says as she places a hand on Heaven’s shoulder. We all turn to her; there was something about her aura earlier that just felt… different.
“Oi, Blondie, you alright?” I ask, looking at the whip that is attached to her hip. Is that the source of the power I just sensed? I try to reach out with my powers, but the energy from the whip feels like it’s radiating light, entirely different from what I felt moments earlier.
And it’s gone. That aura.
I frown as Heaven flicks her hair over her shoulder.
I’m fine,she writes, before signing something in sign language to Sienna. To my complete annoyance, Sienna signs back.
Fucking over-achieving Rossis. Yeah, I’m more annoyed Idon’t know what she’s saying. Sienna then hugs her before they both get up. I watch as Allie looks at the ends of her hair.
“Hmm, I miss my hair,” she says gloomily.
“Or are you jealous you lost how much you had up there?” I remark.
She simply gives me the middle finger.
“So, now that we’re back, where to?” Renji asks.
“Nowhere.” An icy voice from behind us makes us turn as Leo steps out from the shadows, a gun in hand.
“We’re not dead,andwe have Sienna. That is enough to give us all a happy smile and a confession about how much you fucking love us,” I remark.
“I’m going home,” Ares declares, ignoring Leo, whose wolf is clearly as pissed.
“Me, too…” Carter adds.
Renji looks between Jayce and Ares, as if wondering if he’d be able to get away with sneaking off.
