The Complete Ella Grey Series by Jayne Faith

Author:Jayne Faith [Faith, Jayne]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: General Fiction
Publisher: Jayne Faith
Published: 2018-09-15T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 27

PART OF THE Nevada team had been recalled here, but some had already been stationed near the Gregori Industries property in the desert.

The SC people were scurrying around red-faced and shouting into their phones. I left the bureaucratic chaos behind and sprinted back into Lynnette’s house. I found her and then frantically waved Damien over. Rogan trailed behind him.

“We’re not done,” I said, my heart pounding like a jackhammer. “Gregori hatched a horde of Baelmen in Nevada, and they’re headed here now.”

Lynnette’s mouth dropped open, and her makeup-smudged eyes widened.

“But the women.” She gestured toward the hallway that led to the bedrooms where the witches were recuperating.

“Yeah, we’re not going to be able to rely on collective magic. New plan.” I glanced at Rogan. “You up for this?”

His brows twitched up in anticipation, and his eyes gleamed. “Oh, yes.”

He and I were the only ones who stood a real chance against the horde. He couldn’t be killed, and I was pretty sure my reaper wasn’t going to let me die, either. The reaper couldn’t keep me from frying my brain if I pushed myself into the danger zone of magical burnout, but we’d be sure to put up a hell of a fight up until that point.

I turned back to Lynnette and Damien. “You two are the strongest crafters here, and you’re in decent enough shape to keep slinging magic if you have to. Work out a plan with whoever else is still standing to defend this place from the inside. Rogan and I are going to be out there. I assume SC will gather all the forces they can, but we’ve only got twenty minutes, and I don’t know how fast they can slash through the red tape.”

Lynnette clapped her hands sharply and began hurriedly waving over the other witches, including Deb. My best friend listened to Lynnette for a moment and then Deb’s eyes found mine. She looked terrified.

I blinked hard and turned to Rogan. “Okay. We need a strategy that doesn’t rely on huge amounts of magical power because I’m a little lacking in that area.”

“We have other tools at our disposal,” he said. If I didn’t know better, I’d guess he was relishing the thought of this fight. Or maybe he was hoping it would finally be his end, and he could escape his earthly form and get back to the in-between.

“Demons,” I said. “Would arch-demons be any kind of match for Baelmen?”

“Depends on who’s driving them,” he said. “How many can you control at once?”

“Uhh . . . I’ve actually never driven an arch-demon before,” I admitted. “You?”

There were the sounds of sirens in the distance, and I heard voices on megaphones out front. It sounded like they were trying to initiate a lock-down protocol in the neighborhood. At least it was early on Halloween morning. I couldn’t bear to think about what might happen if the timing were different, if the streets were full of little kids out trick-or-treating.

“A few dozen,” he said. “Maybe more if I’m really on.

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