Page 104 of Beauty At Stake
“We were prepared to shift this time.” He grabbed the shackle on my wrist and tore it open, then moved on to do the same with the rest.
“Seren!” Daxon's voice came to me from the hallway.
“In here, babe!” I called back.
Daxon appeared just as Star finished with the last shackle. My magic came rushing back, and I breathed in deeply with relief. Before I could even sit up, I was in my husband's arms, pressed tightly against a tattooed chest. I could feel the ink shifting beneath my cheek, and I knew he had accessed their stored power recently.
“Hey, you.” I leaned back to look at him. Then I frowned and lifted a hand to rub at the wrinkles in his forehead. “I'm fine.”
“It was a close call, wasn't it?” Daxon demanded. “I sensed it. I sensed how close to death you were, and I couldn't get to you.” He glanced at Star. “Only he could. And he didn't take me with him.”
“You were on the other side of the yard.” Star rolled his eyes.
“It would have taken a second for you to lalek to me.”
“A second that Seren didn't have.”
“Hey!” I jumped off the altar and got between them. “Can we focus on the fact that I'm fine and Star played a big part in that?”
Daxon sighed and nodded.
“Where's Killian?”
“Right here, Twilight.”
I looked over to find Killian lounging against the doorframe, grinning at me.
“Kill!” I rushed over to hug him.
“Seren.” He folded himself around me and breathed in. “You okay?”
“Yeah. You?” I pulled back to look at him.
“Yeah.”
A terrible howl came, and Kill lifted an auburn brow.
“That would be Rue,” I said without the glee that Sal had shown. “Sal's burning Sarai's body in front of him.”
Killian winced. “Harsh.”
“Are you two seriously feeling bad for the traitor?” Star crossed his arms and found something to lean against.
“Love is love, dude,” Killian said. “And that guy loved someone enough to betray his pack for her. That's huge.”
The howling went on, becoming even more pitiful.
“What will you do with him?” Star asked.
Killian looked at me.
I shrugged. “That's for the Coven to decide. We'll hand him over to them.”
“Killing him would be a mercy.” Star headed for the door. “So, I fully support your decision to keep him alive.”
As he left, Daxon snorted. “I can enjoy his humor now that I don't want to murder him.”
“He made quite the dramatic entrance,” I said. “A ring of fire surrounded me and Demons appeared within it. It was even better than a circle of guardian Angels.”
