Cassius and Rock’s composure shattered. Nothing else had shaken them. These were men who’d held the line against abomination armies, who’d faced the worst monsters without blinking. But the sight of their queen’s suffering shook them to their bare bones.
“Kill him! Kill that motherfucker!” Rock surged forward, Deathsong screaming for blood.
Cassius had already reached the middle of the room.
I yanked them back with my shadow power before they could throw their lives away.
“He can kill you before you take one more step,” I said.
“I don’t give a rat’s ass!” Rock struggled against my hold. “Look what he did to Scorpion! To my queen!”
“And she’s my mate,” I said, my voice hard and inhuman. “I’ll deal with him. Only I can match him. Get her to safety the second you have an opening. Do you understand?”
“Yes, my king!” my men answered in unison, their fury at our enemy like a furnace against my back.
My beauty turned her head slowly, her gaze finding me.
Everything else ceased to matter.
“Killian!” Her voice was like broken bells and dying hope, and my heart broke all over again. “Killian! You came.”
“Always, baby.” I made my voice as gentle as possible, just for her. “I’ll always come for you. I’ll tear apart heaven and hell for you, let alone this filthy motherfucker.”
Chapter
Thirty-Four
Sy
Killian had been gone for three hours, and I was dying to go with him, to get to my sister and save her from the evilest being in existence. My magic stirred uncontrollably along my fingertips, making flowers bloom and die in rapid, frantic cycles on the furniture. The other heirs weren’t faring any better.
Everyone started pacing, causing traffic, bumping shoulders and egos.
“No, I can’t do this,” I told Rowan, unable to hold back anymore. “I’m sorry, but I just can’t. I’m not going to wait another day. I’m going after Barbie now! If you want to stay behind, I won’t blame you.”
“What are you talking about, little monster?” Rowan scolded. “Where you go, I go. And I won’t let your sister stay in the hands of that evil being one second longer.”
He turned to the other heirs, and they exchanged that look—the one that meant they were having an entire conversation in glances and raised eyebrows.
“I’m with you, brother,” Louis said. “We can’t let Killian and Barbie face this alone.”
“Fuck it.” Cade pounded his fist on the island. “Let’s get our forces moving!”
“Small problem.” Silas turned away from the window. “We can’t open portals like Killian. And Sy needs Barbie for a portal-jump.”
“In fact, we can,” Rowan said.
All the other heirs raised an eyebrow.
“Haven’t you noticed your powers expanding?” Rowan drawled, lightning sparking in his silver eyes. The other heirs drew a collective gasp. “That comes from Killian. I don’t get it all, but I get some. Not as strong as the source, though.”
Louis, Cade, and Silas moved closer to Rowan. Everyone loved a secret sauce.
“After we formed the Covenant,” Rowan explained, “I found I could channel all of your powers. When I fought my father, your fire, wind, metal, and Killian’s lightning were all at my disposal. I wouldn’t have won otherwise.”
“You’d still have won, sugar!” I insisted.
Silas gave a nod. “I channeled our powers and won the challenge against my sister, even after she poisoned me. But I couldn’t access Killian’s dragon fire.”
