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Soot a spell off It flashed out toward Penny

Emery called up a defense spell, but he didn’t have the time to lash out A pure shield of white rose in front of Penny before blasting out, eating through the co on to the attacker Just like he’d witnessed that first night, it acted as a ho her body until a loud crack cut off her scream

"Gross," he heard Then, "Darius’s fault"

Shapes darted in fro fast and incredibly lethal Va and broke thees’ bodies were tossed away, and the predators drifted to the sides, giving Emery and Penny roo blanket

"I do not want a vampire for an enemy," Penny whispered out of the side of her mouth

Not any of the vaanized and exceptional, just like theirthe door "Okay, let’s break this spell open and get e need before the cavalry shows up"

Chapter Thirty-Five

Eers around y around us slowly smoothed out We both took a deep breath at the sa the entrance

"Help where you can," he said, before re his weave, a co into existence between his hands

I closedthe intent of the spell he was creating, then that of the spell standing in our way A key and a barrier

Those two didn’t fit together

I held outit drift until I could feel E open a lid, I glanced at him He looked confused, but he didn’t stop, and he didn’t tell e with more power than sense planned to do It was ay in the bubble around us pulse and play I iht of a great oak, with its strong roots and sturdy branches Such a tree could bust the barrier down, but it would take too long

Tilting o with the tree After fusing the two, nature and steel, together inHeat warmed the air between us Fire burnedwith the spell below Changing it

The new energy sang in htning stor in heat dripping down

I sincerely hoped that soh"

I yanked my hand away at Emery’s co a thick weaveand interconnecting at irregular intervals But while it looked like a hot lance, upon closer inspection, it held a chaotic beauty, the patterns and shapes organized even if the layout was not

"Incredible," Emery said in not ether You’d teach nored the twist in ether "I don’t even knohat I’, and letting me be a part of it" He pushed his hands away

The spell released and spread out in front of us before sending tendrils down into the ground--the roots I had i "I have so many ideas"

"And I have all the resources you’ll need to create the directly behind us with his hands behind his back

Eaze returned to the front door Light flashed in the lines that now ran the length of the building It flared in front of us

I grabbed Emery’s arht" I stared at the changing colors, the spell growing h the ward "And how do you know?"

"By the look of it"

"Uh-huh" He’d just acted as though he’d never seen anything like it, so I found his confidence a little tough to believe

A large black line opened up in the spell, right over the doorway Like an egg breaking, it ran down to the ground The lines along the sides became wider Red flashed