Hera, Queen of Mortals (Goddess Unbound) by T.D. Thomas

Author:T.D. Thomas
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Published: 2013-10-23T03:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER TWENTY-EIGHT

As Ares opened the door, the dahaka stepped out from where they were hiding. Ares barrelled towards them. Six rushed towards him, but six others ran for the open door.

"Stay focused, Carson," I ordered. "Demeter."

The first dahaka was already at the door.

It collided with an invisible wall. The witches' wards were still active. It dropped to its knees, waves of fear and nausea playing across its face.

Demeter raised her arms, and the seeds she'd scattered in front of the door exploded like grenades. Green shoots burst in all directions. Thorns the size of knives thrust outward, cutting deep into the dahaka. It screamed, its flesh searing into the plants and filling the air with thick, perfumed smoke.

"Leave a space for the potion!" I warned.

Demeter shook with the force of the power she was channelling, but she heard me, and her iron will eclipsed the weakness of her mortal shell. She gestured, and the thick wall of plants wove together, filling the doorway. She left only a narrow slit for us to move the potions through.

Outside, Ares' fierce cries were quickly replaced by grunts of pain. The dahaka were clicking excitedly in their insect-like language. They were bringing him down. We didn't have much time.

A loud crack caught my attention. Two dahaka were trying to smash through the front display window. The glass was thick, but it wouldn't last much longer.

"Now, Jason!" I shouted.

Jason lifted his hands, and the frozen potion rose into the air.

"Break them into pieces," I said. "Carson, keep your eyes on each piece, or they'll unfreeze."

Jason made a fist with one hand, and the frozen streams of liquid shattered into dozens of small fragments. Carson never lost her focus: the fragments of potion remained as solid as ever, glittering like raindrops in the light.

Jason lifted the frozen potion and guided it through the opening in the wall of plants. Carson moved right behind the shards, careful never to take her eyes away from them. But just as the potion went through the hedge, it became liquid again. Half of the pieces melted and splashed against the plants, trickling down to the ground, lost to us forever. The rest froze again.

"I... I don't know what happened," Carson stammered. "I guess I must've blinked. My eyes were stinging. I didn't..."

"It's fine," I told her shortly.

Jason was starting to shake, but he pushed the remaining potion fragments through the hedge.

The window smashed. The dahaka were inside.

"Now, Jason!" I shouted.

He swept his arms up, and the droplets flew high into the air.

"Carson, let them go!" I yelled.

One of the dahaka rushed me, but Darren was there. He'd grabbed a broom from the corner, and he spun it in his hands before striking out faster than I could see. He hit the dahaka behind its knee, and it crashed to the ground. Another dahaka tried to tackle him, but Darren swept it aside effortlessly, and when it was behind him, he back-kicked it into the wall. It smashed into a shelf of jars and sank to the ground, stunned.

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