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“Die in her name!” Declan yelled.

Medusa hissed, and I heard furniture breaking close by.

I couldn’t see. The purple dots swelled, drowning my eyes with pools of magic. I lifted off the ground, heading for the…where? The ceiling?

“Silv?” His lovely tones reached me again.

I felt a snap before my body was rushing up in a violent ascent.

“Silv!” he cried.

The sounds of the fighting faded away.

“Don’t be difficult, Caer!” Aidan cried.

Paris screamed and my rage erupted. Only, there was nothing I could do but languish in a purple spinning ascent to Selene only knew where.

Chapter Thirty-Five

Paris

Caer destroyed the frostbrood with a breaker she pulled from a holster at her hip.

My mum came packing for an attack, as she should.

And now she’s gone…

Ice scattered everywhere, some of it hitting my leg.

Shock held me with an iron grip, made worse by Silv floating in the air. I tried getting up, but my muscles were misfiring. My brain was scrambled eggs, this whole situation confusing and horrifying.

What could I do other than sit here like a stunned fish?

Come on! Move!

I can’t do this…

Caer finished her spell, a ribbon of lavender magic striking me between the eyes. Dizziness got to work on me, purple dots in my vision.

“What… What are you…” My tongue misfired.

“Don’t be difficult, Caer!” Aidan cried.

Caer gave me a wave. “Enjoy this reprieve, precious one.”

With that, she turned and attacked Aidan as my vision was swallowed by those damn purple dots.

Seconds later, I was sucked into the sky, screaming my head off.

Chapter Thirty-Six

Silvanus

Ihit the ground on my side, rolling across jagged rock, metallic things clattering around me. Pain lanced through my torso, the dizziness breaking at the same time.

I heard a cry from Paris before my body slammed into something solid. More metal objects fell around me, striking me on the head.

Paris!