Jesper snarled hoarsely. “How the fuck didn’t we see them?”
“How did they get in?” Drecken’s magic had stopped popping around him. “I can’t teleport us.”
The bonds flickered weakly, but I knew my mates were struggling to hold on to consciousness.
I was the only one immune.
“We need to get to the wayfaer crystal,” I said, pivoting.
Jesper grabbed my wrist, nearly collapsing as he did. “It won’t work…it’s a new moon?—”
“Fuck!” I hissed as my mates fought against unconsciousness.
Slater slumped forward, unable to stay awake. His cheek smooshed against the floor.
Dimitri clawed at the floor, fangs bared but too dizzy to stand before he fell under the effects.
Humans charged at us, seeking me out specifically.
They were armed with batons, blades, tasers, and tranquilizers, but I didn’t bother shifting. My basilisk form was powerful, but I didn’t need overwhelming force; I needed lethal precision.
Iwaswearing almost no fabric, which was perfect for skin contact to deposit my venom.
Koa swayed before dropping, and Zuko tried to stay on his feet but ultimately fell unconscious.
A man lunged, grabbing my arm, but he instantly convulsed as venom seeped into his skin. He collapsed, screaming as he turned into a wooden husk.
Cthulhu’s venom was fun.
All the humans hesitated.
Jesper and Drecken tried to stay conscious but finally got overwhelmed by the tourmalyke.
“She’s the only one standing! She can’t take us all on!” one human screamed as he swung a baton.
“You’d be surprised by what I can do.” I ducked low, my gown flowing as I jabbed two fingers directly into his exposed eye.
He dropped instantly, dissipating into ash.
“Who’s next?” I kicked my heels off, venom dripping over my skin.
Over half hesitated. The others rushed at me.
I spun, kicked, slid beneath another’s arm, brushing my hand across the back of his glove where a seam exposed his skin.
Their veins blackened as they crumbled before they could scream.
I moved through them like a toxin weaving through blood.
A presence came from behind me just as I killed three humans wielding batons.
“Rune!”Seth flickered into existence between us just as I turned, his phantom form glitching, unstable, uncontrolled from the gas, but he shielded me anyway.
The strike meant to hit me from behind went through him instead. A blade embedded into his corporeal chest, and his body spasmed.
“Seth!”I gasped, not even realizing that he was conscious until now.
“Save them,” he choked out his last words.
