My Salvation - Page 105

Dirk nodded. “Squire, are you in or out?”

“Out!” Ryuu yelled.

Setting Meryn on her feet, he wrapped an arm around Ame and Yuki and pulled them close. Nigel and Neil stepped away, leaving Pip with Meryn. Seconds later, the five of them were encased in crystal. Ryuu levitated and landed on the top, setting the entire thing ablaze with azure light.

Pierce jumped into the street and pulled Gage out of the fray.

Cas turned to the twins. “I can follow her!”

“Then go! We’re with you,” Neil yelled.

Cas exhaled and finally saw the bright red sphere that was Zoe. At the edge of the city center, the sphere stopped moving, and the red changed to beige. Cas knew Zoe had been knocked unconscious. Less than a block away, a dark portal wavered unstably.

Pumping her arms and legs faster than she had ever done before, she was able to catch up. Without hesitation, she launched herself right at the beige aura, tackling it to the ground.

Behind her, Nigel had his hands raised. One hand held a large earthen shield, the other a maul. Neil had multiple vines growing from the ground he was using as whips.

“Come on, Zoe, wake up!” Reaching around blindly, she felt for the woman’s face and tapped it gently.

“Cas, what happened?” she asked, slurring her words.

“Bad guys took you and made you invisible. How do I undo it?”

“Necklace?” Zoe asked weakly.

As Cas was fumbling around Zoe’s neck, she felt claws rake down her back. Screaming out her pain, she wrapped her arms around Zoe to keep her safe.

“Drop her!” a voice ordered.

Cas couldn’t hold back her tears. She wasn’t a warrior. She was hurt and afraid. “Priest!” she screamed, from the depths of her soul.

An inhuman screech echoed off the buildings. The hands trying to force her away from Zoe froze.

“Shoot her! We gotta get out of here! We can heal the witch later if we have to.”

She heard the first shot. Fire bloomed from her back outwards. She heard the second shot, but it felt more like a punch.

Darkness began closing in, and she locked her hands in place. They would have to cut her fucking arms off to get Zoe!

Overhead, the sky dimmed as something passed over them.

“Holy fuck, please, gods, let that be one of our guys,” Neil prayed.

She felt the earth quiver as something landed behind her where the small alley she was in opened up to the city center.

Opening one eye, she glanced behind her, and couldn’t figure out what she was seeing. The creature stood nearly as tall as the second-story buildings around her. Its body was covered in feathers in varying shades of grey, and it stalked forward on taloned feet. She closed her eyes. If she didn’t see the monster, it wouldn’t see her.

Another ungodly screech reverberated around them.

Within her chest, she felt a flutter.

Opening her eyes, she saw that the beast was getting attacked by assailants he could not see in his attempt to get… to her.

She focused on the bit of light she had shared with her mate the night before. It glowed brightly from behind the thick plumage.

“Priest! Look for their auras! Brown sludge over grey! Kill them, baby!” She choked on her tears. “Kill every single one of them!”

His angry screech was no longer scary, but reassuring.