Bonnie Vanak - Draicon 08 by Courage of the Wolf

Author:Courage of the Wolf [Wolf, Courage of the]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 6

Ambrosis seemed too powerful to defeat. Memories accosted her. Her parents, brothers and sisters, screaming for someone to help them…

Anger fed her strength. She remembered what Michael told her and let all her love rush to the surface. Sabrina rolled away, kicking soft muck into the demon’s eyes.

As he batted at his face, she grabbed a sturdy stick and jabbed it into his right eye. The demon screamed. Good, she thought, staggering to her feet. She ignored the burning pain, concentrated on her surroundings.

As wolf she could defeat him. But her powers were rapidly draining. She couldn’t shift. Now she regretted not having the courage to face him as a wolf.

Blood poured through her fingers as she held them against her chest. The white-hot agony was almost too terrible to bear. She wanted to give in to the grayness pushing at the sides of her vision. Surrender.

Then she saw Michael. The silvery blue brilliance of his eyes faded, leaving them an ordinary brown. Shock filled her. Michael was forbidden from helping her. Now, because he did, his powers vanished.

He faced a Hellfire demon as an ordinary mortal, without even Draicon magick.

“No, Michael, don’t,” she screamed.

With a loud, furious yell, he charged the demon. Ambrosis whirled, laughed and lashed at Michael.

Blood gushed from Michael’s chest. He staggered back.

“You bastard,” she snarled.

Sabrina gathered all her strength. She head-butted the demon. Ambrosis sailed backward, recovered and glared. He advanced toward Michael.

She suddenly knew what it thought. She was a prize, but the now mortal Michael was the brass ring.

Not on her watch. Michael had already suffered enough for her sake.

“You will not hurt him. Take me instead.” Sabrina summoned the last of her Draicon magick and waved her hands. A steel dagger appeared in one palm.

She ran forward, protecting the one she loved. Ambrosis screamed and rushed forward, his claws extended for a killing blow.

Sabrina did a dive roll, sprang up and sank the dagger into the demon’s soft underbelly. A shriek like nails on chalkboard echoed through the swamp.

Ambrosis raked his claws across her stomach. Agony burned through her. Sabrina gasped and fell backward onto the soft mud.

With the last bit of her strength, she whispered, “I surrender my life so he can live. Now go to hell.”

Ambrosis roared. Sparks flew from his eyes. There was a brilliant yellow flash and a loud pop. The demon vanished.

She whimpered as warmth gushed between her fingers. Beneath the pulsing burn was a feeling as if everything grew hazy. Distant.

She was dying.

Michael took her into his arms. Gone was the terrible wound on his chest. She sensed the return of his powers, saw it in his blazing silver blue eyes.

“Did I do it?” she whispered. “Is he back in hell?”

“For a long time. You sent him there because you sacrificed yourself to save me.” He brushed away the hair from her face.

She hated his anguished look. A memory, buried and forgotten, flashed to the surface. She lifted her hand to touch his neck where the mark of the Phoenix had been burned into him when he was reborn.

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