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But if she left theht not have ic around Felicia Ti the others before it was too late
"Go help Caden" She shoved hie"
Lucan sent her a hard stare, torn and worried and furious all at once "Anka…"
"Trust ht in the eyes "I know I haven’t always given you reason to, but please I can do this and stay alive"
He stared, so obviously torn
"Brother!" Caden’s voice sounded weaker, even ed Lucan
"I love you" He darted off into the fray, pulling some nasty firearm from the small of his back
"Brave," Mathias coht me I scare you too much"
"Sabelle!" Lucan called out to the lovely half-siren as he joined the battle "The spell Use it now!"
Sabelle hesitated a ht
What spell? Anka had no time to wonder before Lucan punched one hooded ht between the eyes Black blood spurted everywhere
"Let me hear your voice, Anka Unleash it," Lucan coaped He wanted her to wail? "I’ll kill everyone!"
"Trust ed at her, one hand reaching for Bra to cover her mouth, she didn’t have time to question Lucan She simply had to take a leap of faith and believe he could save her, the same way he had to trust her to stay alive
She opened her h and sharp and loud Instantly, Mathias crouched down and slapped his palms over his ears The rest of the Doomsday Brethren looked blessedly unaffected
"How are you bloody doing this with an Untouchable here?"
"Wailing isn’t loated "And my sister can use hers to shield us even with Felicia nearby Enjoy your slow, painful death"
Sabelle was sheltering everyone else with a spell? That Lucan had prearranged? Hope filled her
Black blood frorassy banks and seep into the river The sound of gunshots echoed in the night Blades clashed The desperate sounds of combat and pain surrounded theht Sabelle cast an anxious glance at Ice, who fought off three hoodedhis face into so could that last when he and the others were outnumbered fifty to one?
Anka jerked farther away from Mathias She had to kill him quickly Besides Sabelle, she was the only other person thus far who could use her ic with Felicia present Neither of theht one person in hand-to-hand co ar the others froic, or all their loved ones would die
Ending Mathias for good was their only hope
How the devil was she going to do that? Her rab Mathias’s hair at the back of the head, sla the incapacitated wizard’s face into a nearby boulder Anka heard a sickening crack of bone Mathias screah and clear, her voice ringing in the night Mathias cru Before the splashing had even subsided, Braun fro it at the Anarki Seconds later, a shot rang out, and another Anarki fell
Anka risked a glance over her shoulder at the battle on the banks The odds were better with seven trained warriors--but it was still hopeless--bullets whizzing, blades resounding, and shouts echoing Mayheht lose everyone she held dear, especially the father of her unborn youngling, the wizard she loved
She’d been Mathias’s victi her wail, she prowled closer to him He tried to craay, and looked in Felicia’s direction, but Duke stood sentry over his fairhis brothers in ar her shoulders "Please, love Trust them All of them Because you trust ic"
Anka drew in a bracing breath, silently i Felicia to believe in all of them
"I-I’ll try," the Untouchable promised
Suddenly, Mathias dove toward the opposite bank Once on foot, he anna, he teleported beyond their reach It ht alleviate their probleain, like a pesky insect She had to squash him now Eventually, her ould kill hiave him to plot and scheme, theher e of the battle Still screa out the deathly howl, she searched for Ice She found hi two Anarki with a blade in his right hand In his left, he held a gun and popped off shots, hitting one black-blooded goon after another The tes was even colder than the river
When she approached Ice frolance over his shoulder, and they made eye contact for a split second She drew the blade fro it up He frowned, then nodded, and she knew he recalled that when he’d battled Mathias for a seat on the ical Council, he’d discovered that his blood, pure of heart and intentions, was incorruptible--and poison to Mathias Anka had to hope that held true today
"It’s all right Do what you need," he shouted above the din
Wincing as she wailed, she sliced the blade along his thigh, not too deeply, but he still froze for a h his flesh She coated one side of the knife in his blood, then flipped it over and whisked the other side of the blade through the bleeding incision, until the knife dripped red