Witches Unleashed: A Marvel Untold Novel by Carrie Harris

Author:Carrie Harris [Harris, Carrie]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Tags: action and adventure, superheroes, Marvel
Publisher: Aconyte
Published: 2021-11-02T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty-Three

The constant barrage of emotions threatened to overwhelm Topaz once again, but this time, she was able to resist. Her concern for her companions helped her stay strong in the face of Johnny’s grief, Jennifer’s loss, and Satana’s fear of her own dark impulses. Still, the situation was dire. At this rate, Lucifer wouldn’t need to defeat them. They’d all end up huddled in a depressed pile on a random street corner.

She needed to cheer them up. Their biggest strength was their ability to work together, but that would do them no good against Lucifer if they were all too busy doubting themselves. They’d hate her for being the annoying ray of sunshine, but she was used to that. Once, Satana had thrown a pan at her for singing too early in the morning. It hadn’t bothered her. She had excellent reflexes.

For all her hotheadedness, Satana was usually the easiest mark. The demoness rebounded quickly from her dark moments, probably because she had so many of them. She’d gotten good at pulling herself out of the doldrums, especially with the help of her handy neighborhood empath. So Topaz sidled over to her, sliding an arm around her waist as they followed the Hellphyr down the street.

Satana looked at her like she’d sprouted an extra head.

“What?” she asked.

“You’ve been really quiet,” Topaz observed.

“Just trying to avoid going full demon and biting everyone’s heads off.”

“Come on,” said Topaz, giving her a psychic nudge. “You did what was necessary to save us. I’d argue that it’s the least demonic thing you could have done.”

“Are you blind? It’s one thing to change forms, but I can’t believe how big I got. That was like my demon form times a million. You don’t get much more demonic than growing to twelve feet tall and turning red.”

“You didn’t turn red,” Topaz said.

“Details, details.” Satana waved a hand. “Just leave me alone for a while, OK? I never realized I could do that, and that’s going to take some getting used to. I need to deal with this on my own.”

Topaz gave her a quick squeeze and withdrew. She didn’t take the rejection personally. After all, Satana had a point. Topaz couldn’t understand what she was going through. Even though she could sense the conflicting instincts that sometimes threatened to tear the half-demon apart, she’d never experienced them herself. She didn’t want to, either.

She dropped back to walk with Jennifer, whose attention was torn between the Hellphyr and the Tome. She’d strapped the magical book to her chest to leave her hands free, but she might as well not have bothered. Her arms had been wrapped around it ever since they’d left the house, like it was a precious baby she needed to protect from the world at large.

“You OK?” asked Topaz.

“Fine,” Jennifer replied in the briefest of speeches. “I’m willing to listen, but not really interested in talking right now.”

Topaz debated pushing the subject, but she didn’t want to risk unsettling the sorceress further. Plus,

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