Deadly Magic

idk ill title later

I run upstairs. She's here. She's in their room. She's he's going to take them. Or worse kill them. That plays over and over in my head and I'm running but it's not fast enough. Finally I come around the corner.

I was right. She is here. How did she find us.

She has Viridia on her hip and she's reaching for Charlotte. I don't know what happens, I think I scream, but either way I alert her to my presence.

A smile spreads across her face. She laughs. "How I wish that hadn't started crying. But it's too late now." She laughs more.

I can't take it. Instinct and rage take over and I'm lunging at her. She backhands me and I'm on the floor. The babies cry louder. My vision seems in and out of focus. I pull out my knife that I always keep with me and her sickening smile gets wider.

"You don't want to hurt the children, do you?" My heart stops. She wouldn't. Would she? In that split second she crosses the room and yanks the knife out of my hand. I move to react but she stands me and I fall to the floor.

I hear this constant ring in my ears and, in the distance, the children screaming for their lives. I feel my blood pooling around me and tears falling down my face. I want my babies. I don't want them to die. I don't want her to kill them. I claw at the floor. I need to get up. I need to kill her.

The ringing in my ears clear. I hear shuffles and grunts and the sound of punches hitting their mark. I hear the babies' screams. I claw more. She's killing. Them she's killing them. I must get up. I must kill her first.

I hear Daemon's voice. "Please be alive. Please be alive."