The Ferocious Force by Sarah Noffke & Michael Anderle

Author:Sarah Noffke & Michael Anderle [Noffke, Sarah & Anderle, Michael]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781642023633
Publisher: LMBPN Publishing
Published: 2019-07-04T06:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty

Liv didn’t even think. She just reacted, summoning a fireball and launching it. A scream ripped out of Clark’s mouth as he dove for the floor behind the bench. Jude soared overhead, the fireball missing him by inches and crashing into the wall behind him.

The white tiger landed in front of Liv, his long sharp teeth bared as a growl spilled out of his mouth, echoing all over the room.

Liv already had another fireball ready, both for protection and for light. Jude began to sidestep, his pensive stare on Liv.

“What’s gotten into you?” Liv asked him, wondering if he could respond somehow. “We’re not doing anything wrong.”

The white tiger’s growl shook Liv at her core, like she was standing next to a loudspeaker at a rock concert.

“Okay, it may seem wrong to unregister our magic, but it’s to keep us safe,” Liv explained. “And where have you been when Adler has been locking magicians’ magic and whatever else?”

Liv thought she’d brought up an excellent point, but the white tiger’s expression was unchanging.

Clark stood up again, his eyes wide with fright, the cell phone pressed to his face as he whispered to Alicia.

“I don’t want to hurt you,” Liv stated to Jude. “Just let us do what we need to do, and then we’ll be out of here.”

The white tiger lunged for Liv, making her dive forward, rolling over one shoulder. She threw the fireball to the side of him, knowing it wouldn’t hit him, but hoping it would keep him back as she reloaded.

“Seriously?” Liv yelled. “This isn’t even a meeting of the Seven. Don’t you take a day off?”

Jude’s large paw came up, swiping through the air. His reach was longer than Liv realized, making her release the fireball to keep him from mauling her face. The tiger growled as he cowered back, his eyes on fire with rage.

Liv summoned two more fireballs, swiftly moving her hands back and forth to discourage him from jumping at her again. “And Seven, really?” she continued. “You know damn well it’s the House of Fourteen. You have to. But you’re not jumping all over the Councilors when they casually refer to the Seven, are you?”

This seemed to strike a chord with the white tiger. Or maybe it was the hypnotizing effects of the fireballs as she moved them through the air, the light from them blurring slightly.

“His job is to stop any treachery,” Clark said from the bench. “You can’t reason with him. He supports truths and tries to banish deceit.”

“But we’re deceiving so we can stay alive!” Liv yelled furiously as the tiger made another attempt to attack her. She dropped both of her fireballs, and they extinguished on the floor immediately. Before she could summon another one, Jude’s claws were in her back as his weight crushed her to the floor. She tried to scream, but her breath was knocked out of her when the beast crashed into her.

“Liv!” Clark yelled from high up.

The pain that spread across Liv’s back as the white tiger clawed her was excruciating.

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