And then see what Nyx is about to do.
Fucking martyr.
I leap, using my magic to send me flying faster, but I’m not sure it will be enough.
Nyx steps into the blood trail, like he can somehow stop the will of the gods. Like he can force them to take him in the sacrifice’s place.
And maybe he can. But I can’t let him find out.
I hit Nyx at the same time the blood encircles him.
A detonation sends us both flying, and darkness takes its hold on me.
Chapter 42
Lumi
Three men I care about are gone in the blink of an eye. And I can’t get to them because of a horde of witches in my way.
Veltheris was smart enough to gather his vampires and leave the second the blood trail hit its victim. It must have been holding everyone in place before then.
He’s survived hundreds of years by leaving when things get dangerous. And he smartly did just that tonight.
But Isolde refuses to budge. My magic isn’t enough to fight her. It’s not enough—yet.
I have to get to them. I have to know they are okay.
“Ambrose! Nyx!”I scream into Ambrose’s mind, but my words fall off a cliff. They don’t land in his mind.
My subconscious says it’s because they are both gone. The gods took them.
No, the gods want this game over. They won’t take two of the contestants like that.
The fucking gods. Ugh, I’m going to have to deal with what they said later.
The blood starts moving again, and it gives me an idea.
“The blood will keep going. It will keep going after victims until it’s consumed everyone here without a mark,” I say.
“You’re lying,” Isolde says.
“Why would I lie about that?”I’m definitely lying.
“Sylara, Kael—get the packs out of here.”
Riven protests. “I have to stay, to save them.”
And I have to sell the lie. “If you stay, you die. Go.”
Riven hesitates, but then follows the others.
“Are you really going to condemn your entire coven to death?” I ask.
“I’m going to make you break the curse. And then I’m going to kill you.”
I make the blood start moving again, controlling it like it’s mine, inching it toward Isolde.
And in a blink, the witches are gone.