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No, her scream was that of pure terror as the baby was ripped fro in led to free herself from the invisible bonds that kept her pressed to the side of the tunnel Gods This couldn’t be happening She’d devoted soMaluhia hidden How could fate be so cruel as to take him from her now?
Distantly she are that Tane was rushing in her direction, along with another vampire … Jaelyn? But, it didn’tto arrive in tireatest fear, thetoward Marika, al to discover she’d been overcome by the Sylvernored her numerous wounds and lifted the battered fey over her head to launch hi as his body landed in an aard heap
No need to guess inning that particular battle
As if the sight was enough to proei waved his hand toward the baby still floating in the air Laylah swore as the shield that protected Maluhia pulsed and shi it was obviously disturbing the stasis spell
Terror blasted through her, stirring her blood and puh her body
With a fierce effort she strained against the power that held her captive With a sudden wrench, she round She cursed as her knees cracked against the stone, but with one e
She had to stop whatever he was doing She had to …
Taking less than a half dozen steps, Laylah was brought to a painful halt as a slender hand wrapped around her neck and she was jerked off her feet
"Don’t be a fool," her aunt warned "If you disturb the spell the child will die"
Laylah reached up to grab Marika’s arers around the forearm that was deceptively delicate
"I’d rather he be dead than used in your sick plans," she gasped, the crushing gripit impossible to breathe
"You’re too late, dear Laylah" Her aunt’s laughter brushed over her skin with a biting chill "At last I shall have all that I deserve"
"Oh, you’re definitely going to get what you deserve"
Laylah closed her eyes, concentrating on the feel of Marika’s skin beneath her palm She couldn’t overpower the vampire even under the best of circu her like she was an e her teeth, she released the power she’d gathered
She hadn’t expected grand explosions, or point eight on the Richter scale But the sparks of electricity that danced down her arh to shock a dew fairy
Desperately she struggled to dredge up the last of her strength, only to come up empty She was drained E to where the baby was surrounded by a thousand shihts
Any moment the stasis spell would be destroyed and the child would become a helpless vessel to be filled with the evil spirit of the Dark Lord
Screa her nails into Marika’s flesh It couldn’t end this way She wouldn’t allow it
She wouldn’t
Lost in her sickening sense of failure, it took askin
Bewildered, she glanced down to where she still clutched at the vaed bolts of lightning that were spearing into Marika with devastating results
She frowned
What the heck?
The poasn’t co from her Or at least…
Laylah sucked in a shocked breath
She was accusto from deep inside her It was how her powers had alorked, no matter how unpredictable
Noever, she realized that she was filtering the power There was no other means to describe it
Just like a true Jinn she was absorbing the natural forces that surrounded her The air, the earth, even the frozen water that clung to cracks and crevices, was seeping inside her, not precisely restoring her powers, but instead flowing out of her body and creating the electrical jolts that filled the air
She shook her head, not taking time to ponder the unexpected turn of events
It wasn’t the first tih rarely when she actually needed it She wasn’t going to look a gift horse in the mouth
With no control, Laylah had no choice but to allow the power to flood through her, the intensity groith every heartbeat
Marika’s fingers tightened on her throat, clearly atte to snap her neck, but, with a direct reaction to the threat, Laylah’s powers struck out The female vampire cursed, forced to drop Laylah and retreat several steps
"You can’t defeat led to keep her balance, shocked by the sight of Marika
The hand that held her captive was blackened and shriveled, as if it had been stuck in an industrial fire, while there were several other burns scattered over her body