Water sprayed in all directions, making it difficult to see or make sense of much of anything. It was like a cyclone had hit us. By the time the mist cleared, I was just able to make out a sea green streak of hair following the flow of the cascading water … into the gate. A second flash of green hair as her sister streaked into the gate right after her. Both sirens dove feet first into the funnel of water draining downward, vanishing.
My stomach dropped.
Calista and her sister were in the underworld.
Fuckity fuck fuck.
I charged forward, holding my katana ahead of me, aiming straight for the gate.
Cass zoomed in front of me, halting me. “Whoa, whoa! Ev, baby. What are you doing?”
“I’ve got to kill them! If the triplets get together again and bring the underworld army to Earth—”
“Evie. You’ll be eviscerated if you go through the gate.” Cass cut me off. “Only demons can pass into the underworld. Your body won’t be able to sustain existence there.”
Dread pooled in my stomach and radiated outward into my limbs.
Tianna appeared over my shoulder. “I’ve cut off Calista’s connection to the ocean, so that should stop the tsunami. She won’t be able to access the power of the ocean again until she returns topside.”
At least there was that. The water that had flooded Brock’s land was already draining … into the damn gate.
“What now, then?” I asked my bestie and his lover as Reo, Haru, and the wolves gathered around us.
A firm, possessive hand on my shoulder announced Brock’s human presence behind me. “Now we wait and prepare for war,” he said in a gruff, fierce voice.
Fuck. So much for nesting and having lots of sex.
We had a fucking war to win.
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