Bound by Magic by Sadie Moss

Author:Sadie Moss [Moss, Sadie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-09-25T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter 14

The blast hurled all five of us across the room. Pieces of wood pelted me like shrapnel, and I shook my head to clear it as I staggered to my feet.

Adrenaline roared through my body, panic rising in my throat like bile. “Oh, fuck! Jae, I didn’t mean to—”

“That wasn’t you, killer,” Fenris said grimly. All four men stepped in front of me, forming a protective barrier. “That came from outside.”

I looked toward the destroyed front wall of Akio’s house. The dent in the plaster that I’d been determined to fix one day no longer existed. The gaping hole near the door was choked with dust and smoke, but through the haze, I could see several figures approaching.

“But… what about the wards? The concealment spell?”

Jae raised his hand as he answered, a spark of blue flame flaring above his fingertips. “They must have a ward stripper. But I don’t know how they broke through the concealment. They shouldn’t have been able to, damn it.”

He shook his head in frustration, but Fenris nudged him. “We can worry about that later. First, let’s not get dead.”

My mind cleared, the initial wave of panic subsiding as my body prepared for a fight. This, at least, was familiar. I reached down and ripped away the bottom half of the stupid dress I’d been stuck wearing this morning, revealing the twin dagger sheaths strapped around my thighs.

Akio glanced back at me, his dark eyes widening as they slid down my body. “Is this really the time to—?”

“It’s so I can fight, jackass. Don’t look if you don’t want to see anything.”

Before he could respond, Jae threw out his arms and hurled a blast of blue fire at the approaching figures. The one in front, a wiry man with a nose that looked like it’d been broken at least twice, gestured quickly, and a wall of ice sprang up in front of them. Jae’s magic slammed into it, sending cracks skittering across the surface of the ice.

“They have an elementalist,” he said grimly. “I’ll deal with him. You three, keep Lana safe.”

I bristled at that. I’d keep myself safe, thank you very much. Or if not safe, I’d at least take a few of these attackers out with me. I’d never been one to sit out a fight. To drive that point home, I jostled my way forward just as Jae shot another ball of flame at the wall. The ice shattered, revealing five figures behind it, and my dagger flew through the air a second later, impaling the tallest one in the chest. He grunted and dropped to his knees, then toppled forward like a felled tree.

Fenris shot me a wide-eyed look. “Holy fuck, killer! Look at you.”

I shrugged deprecatingly, but my chest swelled. Damn right. Unfortunately, there was no time to bask in the radiance of his beaming smile. As soon as their buddy went down, the other intruders rushed forward, pouring through the hole in Akio’s wall. They were all dressed the same, I realized—in the blue and gray uniforms of Peacekeepers.

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