I nod, “Okay.”
His arm tightens around my waist again, and then I feel his magic build. It’s unlike anything that I’ve ever felt before. Wilder, more primal. I watch the guard in fascination as I feel the magic take hold of him. From the way that Baz wields it with such precision I find it hard to believe that he hasn’t used it for a while.
The guard's eyes open wide as he starts to convulse in Baz’s grip. Baz growls, a deep and threatening sound that sends a tingle of awareness through me.
The magic builds even more, and Baz’s grip on me loosens, as if he’s expecting me to move away, to need to leave.
I’m not going anywhere.
Wounds open up over the guard, and I realize that when Baz said that he could make the guard experience what he did to Dimitri, he meant that literally. It’s fucking impressive and horrifying to realize what he put Dimitri through.
Finally, I feel Baz’s magic pull back, and the guard falls to the floor, curling into a fetal position, whimpering and crying out in fear as he rocks back and forth. I think that Baz has actually broken something in his brain.
“That was impressive,” Dimitri says from behind us.
I look up at Baz and find him already watching me with confusion, like he can’t quite believe that I’m still in his arms. He lets me go, and we turn to face the others as I rush over to Dimitri.
“Are you okay?” I ask, my hands on his cheeks.
He smirks, “That was seriously hot, Love.”
I pull a face and grin, “Yeah. You’re okay.”
He nods, “Doc healed me up, even though I told him that it wasn’t necessary and that I’d heal up quickly enough.”
Baz
“Well, it wasn’t necessary for you to have to wait that long,” Doc retorts to Dimitri.
I know that they said that some of them hadn’t even met Dimitri, which is why their protectiveness of him was so strange, but seeing them interact, you would have thought that they had known him for years.
It’s weird though. I understand why they find it so strange, because that protectiveness is something that I feel as well. It’s like a need to protect a family member.
There’s an obvious reason for that in my mind, but since no one else has seemed to cotton on to that yet, I decide to keep it to myself.At the end of the day, despite how much I feel like I belong with them, there is still a lot that I don’t know about them, so I could be wrong.
“Is he still experiencing it?” Griff asks me curiously.
I nod, “Yes. It turns out that Dimitri isn’t the only prisoner he likes to exert his authority over, and that his treatment extends to his wife and children too.”
My voice ends on a growl, and I know that my eyes briefly shift. I cross my arms over my chest. Admittedly, it was hard for me to stop from killing him when I worked that out, and if I were in pretty much any other realm, I would have. This is the Earth Realm though, and they’re a bit squeamish when it comes to that sort of thing.
So I left him suffering instead, which, to be honest, is probably more deserved anyway.
Before anyone can say anything else, the door to the room opens, and we all tense.
“Ty,” Griff greets him with surprise, “I didn’t expect to see you here.”
“Well, I thought a visit was in order considering the circumstances,” Ty grins.
His attention moves over all of us and then to the guard on the floor.
I feel the need to explain, since technically this is my boss, although for some reason it feels strange to call him that.
“He’s experiencing everything that he did to Dimitri, the other prisoners, and also his wife and children,” I tell him honestly.
Ty nods, “Good.” He continues staring though a perplexed look on his face.
“I can pull it back, if you want me to,” I offer reluctantly.
