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Theodore s young witch aer “Tell ?”
Rita, ever confident and snarky, replies without fear or trepidation “I don’t belong to any of them, thank you very much,” and she crosses her arms over her chest
Theodore is silent, and he see her for a ” He continues, and appears to be about to say soin to lick out of the di around him like a protective shadow But I know better than that It is slowly pulling hiers and pray that it succeeds
Despite the rab a hold of one of the tendrils, snapping it in half with a bolt of purple electricity that flows froo of Delilah now and she runs over to the safety of the other vaht that he ht Rita’s spell, but then, as I stare at his facehis best to appear cal I see it in his eyes, the knowledge that he has been defeated by a novice frightens hi pulled into a hell dimension
It sort of hter, since she would then have the genetic talent to defeat him Perhaps he canated Rita’sa Ken doll down below, but perhaps I was mistaken Perhaps…
The dihtly as Theodore strikes it with another bolt of purple energy Oh no Rita runs forward, and withouta beat pushes Theodore back into the hole in the sky before he can do anye The smoky black tendrils pull on him too, so it isn’t difficult for Rita to strike at him But Theodore catches
her wrist just as he is half way in and half way out of the hole Their eyes lock, and so toward Rita in fear that she ht actually fall into the hole with Theodore But soets there just before me – Gabriel
He looks quite powerful as his handsa spell of his own Suddenly the tendrils rip on Rita The blackness rapidly consu modest when he described himself as merely an academic, because that spellI see is Theodore’s deathly white face as he slips away into hell Or one of the many dimensions of hell I presu suspicion it isn’t all fire and bri for all eternity I’m sure
Rita falls back into Gabriel’s arht be in shock Maybe it’s because she almost fell into the hole with Theodore Or maybe it was the fact that in that split second as they stared into each other’s eyes, she realised he was her father I don’t ask her though, because that is her own private business, and I’lad that she’s still here, alive and well Gabriel brushes her sweaty fringe back from her forehead in an effort to calm her
A warm hand touches me on the shoulder, and I turn around to find Ethan’s concerned face peering down atthat he nohat I aht very well decide to kill me for it
“Don’t – don’t fearvoice
“Can you bla past him at the other vas into lazed look in their eyes as they watch et away fro myself, but it’s the truth
Ethan glances back at the others and then at et to you”
“Really?” I ask, unsure if I should trust hiet off this Island, and that’s on fucking Antonia’s yacht Great I’ll have to delay my plans to kill her for another while
Ethan places his other hand on ers make contact with my bare skin where the dress is torn “You are quitehis mouth to my ear “Hmm, what can I say to make you understand,” he pauses for just a second before continuing “Well, let’s just say that I’s with you that don’t require the draining of your very precious blood”