Celestial Fire (Celestial Marked Book 2) by Emma L. Adams

Author:Emma L. Adams [Adams, Emma L.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2017-11-27T23:00:00+00:00

Chapter 12

We landed in a heap on the carpet of the spare room at Warlock HQ. Nikolas wasted no time lifting me into his arms while Rachel shouted for Javos.

Things got a little bit hazy then. Pain lanced up my side like I was being stabbed over and over again. I moaned, hoarsely yelling for someone to put out the fire, then blacked out. Then I woke up to Javos’s yelling. Apparently while dealing with a full-blown vampire crisis, it isn’t helpful when two warlocks, a human girl and a celestial with a deadly injury materialise in the back room.

Since I was more concerned with not bleeding to death than not pissing off Javos, I tuned out for most of that, only coming to alertness when someone pressed a cool cloth to my forehead. I blinked awake, figuring from the furniture arrangement that someone had moved me onto the living room sofa. Nikolas stood over me, holding the cloth.

“You were lucky,” he said. “You’re immune to demon poison, so whatever was in that sword had no effect on you. I stemmed the bleeding using a spell, so don’t try to move for a bit.”

“I didn’t even see he had a sword,” I mumbled.

“It was one of the others who stabbed you from behind. You have an alarming habit of nearly dying in that palace.”

“Since I didn’t take the vampires’ king down with me, I’ll have to go back for an encore.” I looked up. “Where’s Fiona?”

“Sleeping. Rachel took her to a guest room.”

“Good.” I closed my eyes, then opened them again. “Is Javos still yelling and breaking the furniture?”

“Rachel calmed him down,” he said. “We need to discuss our next move, but later, when you’ve recovered.”

“Nope. They’re plotting now,” I said. “What the hell was that guy? I thought he was a vampire before he attacked me.”

“Either a demon or a demigod, and not one I’ve seen before,” he responded. “The magic he used was a demon’s, certainly. But he looked human, from what I could tell.”

Guess you’re not the only one with lightning magic. “Azurial’s replacement.”

“I suspected someone of his power level was in charge of the vampires, but I thought they might be following orders their former boss left behind, not following someone new. Azurial himself is, as far as I know, still imprisoned in the palace’s west tower.”

“Great.” I groaned. “So not only are all the bad guys still alive, there’s a new hellion who wants me dead. What was his issue, anyway?”

“If I had to guess, it’s that you’re an outsider, and a celestial at that,” said Nikolas. “And Azurial evidently told him about your friend. Or the vampires did.”

I pushed a clump of matted hair from my eyes. I probably looked a wreck, and heaven knew how much blood I’d lost. “So he’s behind the army of vampires messing with this dimension?”

“So it would seem.”

“Well, I didn’t see any bloodstones or cures in there, but I’m taking a wild guess that’s where they came from. The same people are involved, anyway.

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