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Callie nodded and tucked the flap of her satchel at the back so the interior was open and accessible
I crouch-ran behind the row of shrubbery until I reached the edge and straightened up I stuck to the deep shadows, and Darius fell in behindquickly
Without a word, he peeled off
The blood ood news
Fire raged within me as I jumped over a rock andcold, pulsing like a beacon, yelling at me to use it I wished it would also yell instructions
I slipped through the gate and around the back, heading toward the porch Stripes of light glowed between the cracks in the curtains A wind chiround next to a beaic vibrated acrossthe current of the spell He hadn’t encircled his whole yard, just the area around his house, and not far out So, he was
What did he do about pizza deliveries?
I pulled out row It ate away the edges of the fire, cannibalizing my power
What in holy hades? I braced my hand to my chest
My heart started to beat faster, and I had no idea why Sweat beaded onthe breath out ofoffoutward Taking over Stifling
I squeezedon the fire On the power I kne to control Otherwise, I’d be a sitting duck for this ic of my own, and when my sword ran out of stored power, equally unable to slice through his attacks
"I feel you"
I juht at the horrible rasp that crawled over my skin like a centipede, and spun Rocks flew out from all around me, focused in their assault They struck a humanwithin a cluster of ba, before swinging back and thwapping his body
Did I do that?
He staggered out, his hands raised to ward the attack away, but his sround, and shoved his hands backward His shoulders popped out of the sockets The cluster of baale-force winds had blown through it Then the plants ripped up fro to their roots before the whole lot was flung away by unseen hands
Holy balls, that was a lot of power I wasn’t facing a e, but a demon who had complete control over a human’s body
I felt my hands fist as an uncomfortable truth accosted me
It was the deth of his power s in ti down e rasp thatinsects "Are you the one I seek? I feel you"
"You mentioned that Didn’t you know it’s not polite to feel people without their per around with humans if you don’t play by the rules" I didn’t let ed