Chaos (Book 4) (The Omega Group) by Andrea Domanski

Author:Andrea Domanski
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Published: 2015-12-02T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 14

Orano peered around the trunk of a large tree as Tori placed what must have been the crystal on the stump of a recently felled oak. She and her cohorts joined hands surrounding it and began to chant something that he couldn’t make out.

“Are you waiting for an invitation, big guy?” Phoenix taunted.

His jaw clenched, Orano fought off the urge to throttle his partner and instead focused on his target. The largest of the three women had positioned herself directly between him and the tree stump, unknowingly making herself a human shield. He would need to move away from his hiding spot in order to get a clear line of sight to the crystal.

“Could you maybe do this before they blackout another nuclear facility?” his partner continued.

Ignoring him as best he could, Orano moved. In a low crouch, he made his way to a smaller tree that stood less than ten feet away. Now, with the crystal easily visible between two women, he formed an energy ball and hurled it. To his shock, it stopped midway to his target, as though hitting an invisible wall, and fizzled to nothing.

Three pairs of angry eyes turned toward him. The women continued their chant as Orano pelted them with energy balls. None of them broke through their protective field.

He could see the crystal glowing on its perch. No longer a softball-sized, brown ball, it instead held every color of the rainbow swirling inside its mass. He could only imagine the amount of power being channeled through it.

The hair on Orano’s arms stood on end as electricity filled the air. At first, he thought Tori’s magic had diffused his expelled energy into the atmosphere, but he soon realized the spark emanated from the crystal. Whatever they were doing, it was working.

“Go get Gracey,” he yelled to Phoenix. “I need her help breaking through the protection spell.”

Orano’s mind raced. He needed to finish this, and quickly. As it stood, the women were locked into performing their ritual. Even after he’d bombarded them with firepower, they hadn’t missed a word of their chant. They obviously needed all of their powers focused on the crystal.

On the bright side, it gave Orano some uninterrupted time on the offensive. The downside meant that, as soon as they were finished, he’d have an army of angry witches focused solely on him.

Gracey almost bowled him over as she ran to his side. Although she’d seen him throw an energy ball earlier, her jaw dropped as she watched him unleash one after another up close and personal.

“It’s not working. Can you weaken their protection?” he asked.

Phoenix handed over her bag, and she dumped its contents on the ground. Pushing aside everything but the items she’d picked up at the herb shop, Gracey grabbed a clay bowl, threw in what looked like herbs from several different jars, and crushed them like the old-time pharmacists used to do. When she finished, instead of performing some kind of spell, she just stood there.

“Now would be good,” Orano pleaded.

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