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“Our shadows can move the mist?” I asked.
He nodded, “Just use the heaviest emotion you have and put the blame for it on the mist. The shadows want to help alleviate it,” he said like it was the easiest thing. He had become a master with his, knowing how they worked. I was still learning and a little more impulsive but I tried and managed to help. A little.
“It was the rogues,” Kai growled after a moment. On our way out of the clearing, he checked every body, whispering the same words as before then closing their eyes.
Brax started doing the same as I kept the mist at bay.
I had never heard the words but they felt familiar inside me. Like my body responded.
I watched until everybody was put to rest.
They all had the black veins.
“It took one hit,” Kai said coming back over, “They rained down one time with arrows. We didn’t sense them, we didn’t see them. But then the arrows came and it didn’t matter. Once one landed, the wound and the wolf became infected,”
he growled, rushing us from the clearing.
He eyed every tree like it was going to attack.
It might if the rogues controlled them.
“How is that possible? Do you think they found a relic or something?” Brax asked.
“A relic?” I had never heard of them before.
“Ancient relics. There used to be rumors of relics in our world that could do different things that defied the realm rules. But they were banned, hidden. Because their power was dark. But it could be possible,” Kai said, still concentrating on our surroundings as we moved.
Normally he’d be running back to the city but since he wasn’t, I knew it was bad.
“We can’t sense them, we don’t see them until they want us to,” Kai murmured.
Brax kept his shadows out, staying ahead of us after that comment. I didn’t complain. With the border up, I wasn’t as much help as I wanted to be.
“Whatever they’ve done has messed up the link,” Brax said.
“I know. We tried to use it but it didn’t work. It’s smothered and it will be until I can get back to the city and deal with the rest of the infected,” Kai said, his pace picking up.
“The infected? What do you mean?” I asked.
“The arrows. They were laced with some kind of poison. It turned the ones that were hit into what you just saw. They turn wild, attacking and biting, trying to infect others. They are mindless, no longer themselves. The arrows infected three but once they were turned, their scratches and bites turned others. Then we had to defend ourselves from our own,” he said, pain heavy in my chest as his voice broke.
Brax growled low and we started moving faster, “Derik just let them all back in the city!” He snarled.
My heart froze, my eyes wide, “The twins,” I couldn’t breathe.
“Derik is not with them?” Kai demanded.
I shook my head, “He was helping the wounded to the infirmary.”
Kai roared and took off, sprinting through the forest. Brax and I ran with him.
“Taylor said you stayed behind. I thought you sent them,” I puffed.
“I did. Some of them aren’t wounded. But they need to be checked before being let in. Hank had my instructions!” Kai growled.
“Hank was unconscious,” I whispered.
“Fuck!” Kai ran ahead, bursting into his wolf as he took off.
Brax ran with me, our shadows keeping us walled in.
We were almost there, the forest ending up ahead when I heard the familiar whistle of arrows.
Brax must’ve heard it too because as long as it took me to react to the sound, Brax already had me tucked against him, an arrow landing in the ground where I had just stood.
Another arrow whistled and we ran.
I threw out a wall of magic, the arrows bounced off it, but I felt every single one like a punch to my chest.
I stumbled and Brax cursed, picking me up and running with me. We made it a few more steps when he cursed and yanked me against him, throwing his hand up, his shadows falling around us like a dome.
He tightened them in around us and not a single arrow made it through.
I clenched my eyes shut as he grunted, holding us and his shadows steady.
The second the arrows stopped, I eyed the shadows.
He had solidified them.
I looked up at him wide-eyed, his nose bleeding.
“Brax, you’re–“
“We have to go,” he urged and we stood up, his shadows went back to their normal state of smoke-like texture and we ran.
I needed to know what the hell he had just done but that had to wait because the rogues were on us.
I felt them chasing us.
We broke through the trees and I looked over my shoulder at them.
Their eyes were glowing in between the trees and I shuddered.
They were pissed about the shadows.
Good.
We broke through the magic border and into the city a second later and I doubled over, holding my knees as I panted, trying to catch my breath.
I coughed and spluttered as the clean air filled my lungs.
My stomach swirled and I stumbled over to the concrete wall, yanking my fabric down from my mouth and emptying my stomach on the ground there.
The foul taste of the mist left my tongue, and I took a deep shuddering breath.
Brax came over with a satchel of water, wiping his mouth like he had just done the same thing.
I took a grateful gulp and then looked around the entrance to the city.
The flame torches were going, despite the day beginning, and there were more guards on the entrance and the wall.
The cobblestone was still stained with blood.
I narrowed my eyes on it and then started running towards the mansion. I wanted to find Derik and Kai, but I had to check on the twins first.
I needed to know they were okay.
Brax ran with me, heading straight to the nursery when we got to the mansion. I wanted to explore the reason the city was so quiet, or why the link wasn’t clear yet. I wanted to know why I couldn’t sense Derik or Kai.
But it had to wait because not knowing if the twins were okay was making me panic more than anything.
I burst into their nursery, tears filling my eyes when I saw Kai with them. Anetta was there too, feeding Zale. Kai had his shirt off, and blood-stained pants on, and his face looked like it had been wiped of blood but not very well.
“Kai,” I let out a breath and he looked up.
“Little Luna,” he said back, his voice soft as he held Enzi’s hand.
I went over to Anetta and held my arms out for Zale. She handed him over and I whispered a thank you. She nodded and left the room silently.
Her eyes were filled with fear too.
“I checked the wounded. They are clear. Hank’s wounds were from fighting those things but he didn’t get infected so he will be okay. The others were heavily infected by the mist. It numbed their senses. Once they have it expelled from their bodies, the link will clear. Or so Cain says,” Kai said, his voice monotone.
Brax came over then, urging me to the sofa. I sat down, the weakness still thrumming inside me from the mist, the border, the running.
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