A Shade of Vampire 14: A Dawn of Strength by Bella Forrest

Author:Bella Forrest [Forrest, Bella]
Language: eng
Format: epub, azw3
Published: 2015-06-09T23:00:00+00:00

Chapter 22: Caleb

By the time we arrived at the beach, the scene was already far worse than Aiden had described. There were only a couple of dozen white witches left.

“Gather round me!” Mona yelled to our witches, her eyes filled with panic.

As the vampires and werewolves lined up along the beach, Corrine, Ibrahim and the other witches huddled around Mona.

“Lend me whatever powers you possess to help reinforce the spell,” she said, closing her eyes and reaching out her hands. The witches took it in turns to step forward and touch palms with her before they all shut their eyes tight and formed a circle.

I turned my gaze back toward the ocean in time to see the last of the white witches cave in and vanish. Hovering above the waves like a dark cloud, the black witches swept toward the island. In a shaky voice, Mona began mumbling a chant. Sweat dripped from her forehead as her face contorted in concentration.

I knelt down on the sand, tightening my grip around my gun as I adjusted my helmet. I stared at the black witches beginning to assault the boundary with curse after curse. I scanned the crowd until I caught sight of Rhys at the forefront, Isolde and his two sisters by his side. Rhys was the first warlock I would aim to take down, followed by Isolde. That witch, I would take particular pleasure in taking down. She had been one of the major influences on Annora.

The next hour was passed in tense waiting. We barely dared speak to each other lest our voices disturb our witches’ concentration. As the black witches’ assault intensified, the ground beneath me began to tremble so violently I had to spread my feet out to avoid losing balance.

Finally, Mona’s panicked voice pierced through the air. “I’m losing it!” she cried out. “Prepare yourselves.”

Each of the warriors aimed their guns as Mona’s protective spell gave way. With a deafening crack, the black witches flew forward, crossing the boundary. I braced myself, expecting the sun’s deadly rays to come streaming down on us, but to my surprise, the spell of night remained. I couldn’t understand why the black witches wouldn’t remove that too—it would be much easier to end us vampires with the sun blinding us and digging into our flesh.

As the witches approached within thirty feet of the shore, they all vanished at once. I staggered backward, spinning around with my gun raised. Black witches were bad enough. But invisible black witches?

A hushed silence fell about our army as everyone wondered the same thing.

“Into the ocean!” I yelled out. Some looked confused, but none hesitated as they hurled themselves toward the waves. At least, being submerged in the waves we’d be better able to hide ourselves. Our witches, it seemed, had made themselves invisible already.

I was about to dive into the sea myself when I sensed a whirring near my right ear. Dropping to the ground, I pointed the gun upward and fired. There was

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