Dark Illumination by Hadena James

Author:Hadena James
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: vampire, demon, werewolf, witch, dragon, gargoyle, fey, cerebus, elemental, brenna strachan, hadena james
Publisher: Hadena James

Chapter Twenty-Nine

I hadn’t had to face Cerebus the first time. I’d been trapped in a circle facing Chiron. Facing him now didn’t seem like a good idea, but there weren’t many options.

Eli and I joined the others. They were definitely taking a beating. Levi and Lucifer were both bleeding and missing horns. Lucifer was missing a hand. My sister was currently blowing fire at Cerebus. Cerebus seemed to be ignoring her as he attempted to munch on Ba’al.

Ba’al looked like the wyvern had gotten the best of him. Fenrir was riding on Cerebus’s back, claws and teeth sunk in as deep as they would go. There wasn’t a wyvern to be found. I was willing to bet Cerebus had eaten them all.

“Bren, Eli,” Samuel yelled as we came around the corner.

“Yep,” I yelled back as Cerebus took another snap at Ba’al.

“Do something!” Samuel ordered us.

“Why do people keep saying that to me?” I whispered to Eli as I threw a protection spell up around Ba’al. Cerebus hit the circle and his jaws bounced off. He shook his head in confusion. I threw another around Fenrir. Eli followed my lead and cast one at Livi.

Nick picked up on it; he cast a circle around himself and pulled Samuel into it. Lucifer, missing hand and all, threw himself at the rampaging hell hound.

“Papa,” I shouted to him. If he heard, he ignored me.

Eli cast a spell and Cerebus’s head snapped back. Fenrir used the moment to sink his claws into the side of Cerebus’s neck. Blood began to pour from the wound.

Lacking the spells that Eli and my siblings had, I tossed myself at the giant. I caught hold of his back leg. Using my clawed feet and Cerebus’s hair, I scampered my way up to his back. Fenrir growled at me, but seemed relieved. I remembered something they had told me before, Cerebus would leave if we did enough damage.

Damage I could do. I grabbed hold of his back and shoved as much magic as I had left into him. I felt the bones snap, his organs crush, under the weight of it. It was an unnatural gift. I could take the wounds I had received and force them onto another with enough magic.

His skin began to tear under with the magic. Slashes and cuts appeared, blood ran thicker, faster, darker. I continued to force magic into him. He reared up. Only Fenrir sinking fangs into my leg, kept me from falling off.

I reached into one of the wounds that had formed around his spine. My hands met with gooey wetness and I closed my eyes. I felt his bone under my bare fingers and pulled as hard as I could. The vertebra came out of his spine, pulled through the hole and was in my hand when I opened my eyes. It was twice as big as my head.

Cerebus went limp. His body crashed to the ground. He whimpered in pain.

Fenrir and I climbed off. Lucifer struggled out from under him.

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