Isaac grit his teeth. “He’s smart. He’s got protection, but he didn’t bring fighters. He’s probably just here for you, Sloane. This looks like akidnapping.”
“Like hell!” Logan roared, linking his arm with mine by hooking in at the elbow. “He’s not taking her anywhereagain.”
Ardan was just standing there with a freaking smug grin behind an impenetrable yellow wall. Danny and Eva stood directly in front of them, the pack behind them, hurling yellow balls of magic at the wall to noavail.
I wondered suddenly if my fire magic could make its way into that shield. I wasn’t feeling too confident that I could take out a shield erected by a dozen sorcerers. I was pretty far away. I would need to get closer to have ashot.
“Get me closer,” I told Logan and henodded.
With Isaac in front, we walked past Dominic and some of the others, until we stood right next to Keegan and Nadine, who were directly behind Danny andEva.
“Can we bring that shield down or what?” Keegan roared at our packsorcerers.
Danny was sweating, trying to make his ball of energy bigger and bigger. “Or what…” hereplied.
Damn, not the answer I was hopingfor.
Keegan aimed his shotgun at the top of the dome and fired, causing it to ripple, but it remained unharmed. No bullets seemed to penetrate iteither.
The crack of a twig behind us had Logan and I turning just in time to see a half a dozen druids creeping up on Dominic, who was at the perimeter of our little situation. Dom spun at the same time, and let the bullets fly from his glock. Pandemonium rained down on our land. The half dozen druids had shields up and Dominic’s bullets were bouncing off. I’d forgotten about Dee and her pack up in the trees until I saw the arrows fly into the chests and shoulders of some of the approaching druids, shattering their shields. The red hazy druid shields seemed to be weaker, and only worked for so long compared to the yellow sorcerershields.
Spinning back around, I knew I had to act quickly if I was going to take down Ardan. If this was a massacre, he’d have brought more people. He had a plan, and I hated not knowing what the hell it was. I used my connection to the Earth, through my bare feet, to send along some feelers. My energy crawled along the ground, passing Eva and Danny. I felt a thrill at the thought of being able to burn that MOFO alive, but then the energy hit a wall and fizzled out. The witches were fully protecting him above andbelow.
Okay, PlanB.
“I’m assuming you can’t sinkhole him?” I asked mymentor.
The ground had trembled a few times, so I knew he was trying. He just shook his head indefeat.
Taking my staff in both hands, I aimed it at the dome protectinghim.
I called up my fire magic, feeling the burn as it traveled up my feet, through my arms and then out into my staff, pulsing within my necklace aswell.
“Get down!” I roared to Danny and Eva, who turned to see the tip of my staff glowing red as they stumbled out of theway.
The moment they were in the clear I let my magic loose. A purple arc, akin to a lightning bolt, shot from my staff and attached to the wall of the shield, where it spread out like fingers encompassing the entiredome.
I saw sweat bead Ardan’s forehead. In his eyes there was a flicker of fear, even if only for a moment. Nothing brought me more satisfaction than to see him wonder if his protections would hold or not. I didn’t let up, I pushed all of my magic through that staff. The dome started to thin and waver. The sorcerers looked to be sweating too. I think my magic was making it unbearably hot in there for all ofthem.
Evil druid barbeque coming rightup.
Ardan clapped his hands hard then; thunder crackled overhead as a gust of wind picked up, slamming into the back of me. Isaac stepped closer to the dome and bent down, digging his bare hand deep into thedirt.
“It’s working!” Nadine screamed at me with a wild grin on her face. She had Sophie’s harpoon gun in her hand. Sophie had been instructed to protect Lynn’s family and Casey. They were all hiding in their hut while this went down. I just hoped they stayed there,safe.
Without warning, Ardan sank a few inches into the earth as the dirt opened up at hisfeet.
Yes!Isaac and I were going to do it. Together we were going to stop all of this and killhim.
The moment I had that thought, the evil druid blinked out of existence,vanished.
“Keegan!” Logan growled and hooked into my armtighter.
Keegan spun, aiming his shotgun just over my head, watching my back as I continued to break down the dome. Having an alpha werewolf point a shotgun at my head was not my idea of keeping me safe. I just hoped his aim wasgood.
Knowing someone could just pop up behind you and steal you to Ireland, made it really hard to relax and let your magic flow. I was trying to keep sending my fire at the dome and wear it down, but was losing my concentration. I knew Keegan had my back. I was watching my front, and Logan was gripping me like a vise, but still, it made it hard tofocus.
“Where is he?” I growled. I glanced over my shoulder quickly to see Dominic and Dee’s pack locked in battle with his druids, but noArdan.
