Page 42 of The War is Coming

“That’s what you think,” Ares said, grabbing Maggon by his top and pulling him up. Wynter quickly put his sword away.

Wynter looked at the dragon standing with them. “This section needs to be burned to erase what happened here and to destroy the residue of the dark magic.”

“I’ll do that now,” the man replied.

“Good,” Ares said. Then he, Wynter and Maggon vanished.

Arriving back at the pack grounds, Ares slammed Maggon onto the ground and stood up.

Since they had been away, no one had moved, but Ares noticed that they had an outer ring of guards surrounding them, with more of the pack standing with Blake.

Maggon groaned and then laughed as he slowly pushed himself up. “Soon Dragon will be back inside me, and I will kill you all,” he said, standing up, almost bent double, an arm around his waist. He stared at Bob with hate-filled eyes. “Starting with you and finishing with Peyton.”

“That will never happen,” Ares said, and lifting his sword, split Maggon right down the middle.

“I think I’m gonna throw up,” Forrest said, slapping his hands over his mouth and closing his eyes. Willow and Tobias both slammed their eyes shut. Jason moved to stand in front of the children, blocking their view of the bloody mess.

Everyone watched Silver as the flickering slowed down and finally stopped.

“Ares, Wynter, I’m guessing you killed the magic user,” Saxon said.

“I did,” Ares replied.

“Because they’re both now dead, the spell failed, which is why the flickering has stopped,” Saxon said.

“Pull your magic back, my dragons,” Bob ordered.

They watched as the golden ball got duller and duller until it vanished. The dragons started to shift into their human selves. They looked pale and exhausted.

Peyton was the first to collapse, falling into Cade’s arms, followed moments later by Paris. Ash caught him as he fell. Chase, Greyson, Atticus, and the General fell next. Mateo shifted and collapsed straight away. Bob finished pulling his magic back. “Both are ... safe ... now,” Bob told them tiredly. He shifted back, and Puff collapsed as well; Donovan caught him as he fell.

“What’s happened?” Ash asked, laying Paris down, making sure Paris’ head was on his legs.

Cade was doing the same with Peyton.

“The amount of magic they all used exhausted them,” Oz said. “There is no telling how long they will be asleep while they recover.”

“We should move them all to the hospital. I’d rather Ajax and Gary watch over them while they rest,” Blake said.

The unconscious men vanished.

“They’re now in the hospital,” Ares said. “Cade, Ash, I’m sending you as well so you can be with your mates.” They too vanished.

“What of Silver and Brook?” Demi asked, kneeling next to Silver and stroking his nose, the children kneeling close.

“I’ll create a healing dome he can stay under while he recovers,” Oz said. “All those that aren’t staying in the dome, please step back.”

Everyone except Demi and the children moved out of the way. The next moment, a dome appeared surrounding them.

Saxon looked at Maggon’s body parts and the mess surrounding it and clicked his fingers; everything disappeared.

“Thank you, Saxon,” Blake said.

“I didn’t know you could actually split someone apart like that,” Nick said, looking at Ares.

Ares shrugged a shoulder. “I wanted to make sure he was dead. I should probably apologise to Bob later. He wanted Maggon alive.”

“I think that was more so Bob could kill Maggon himself,” Blake said. He looked around and saw the ring of guards around them. “Thank you for guarding us.”