Legacy (Lycan Series: #4)

IV

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  And all the kids cried out, "Please stop, you're scaring me"

I can't help this awful energy

God damn right, you should be scared of me

Who is in control?  

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I pinched myself in the arm to remember that I was still breathing and alive and conscious. "Alright... but I need to have some form of communication with them. I know they'd be really worried if I just vanished without notice."

"It'll be fine." Kendra waved it off like it was no big deal. "I can hook us up with a connection as long as we have a water source near by. I'll make an offering for Poseidon and whomever you want to call can be on an aquatic facetime with you."

"As interesting as that is," Temp muttered. "I think we need to move on. That creature is a hair's breadth away from finding us and I'd rather not end up like Gemma Jaeger or Yuna Sakurai."

"Shield us?" Kendra suggested, waving her hand at Temp.

He raised his arm, then twisted his hand down in a curled movement. The fluffy clouds of the night sky grew dense and lowered to the Earth's surface until there was a thick fog rolling over the villa's property, spreading into the neighboring woods.

"Since I'm assuming you want to decrease casualties, I suggest we trek through the woods." Kendra lifted up the skirt of her long dress, tearing some of the fabric in order to create more mobility. I saw a peek of twin daggers strapped to her thighs among a circus of several small knives.

"Ready?" Temp whispered, keeping a watchful eye as the creature lurked around the perimeter of Kendra's seal.

"Not really," I answered honestly, finding myself grabbing onto his cloak.

His eyes softened as a pried my fingers from his cloak before interlacing our hands.

"Count of three?"

I nodded firmly.

"Three, two, one-"

Kendra dashed forward, piercing a thin line through the fog with her speed. Temp and I followed her trail, skidding at curves and bends.

"We're about to pass the seal. Brace yourself." he squeezed my hand tighter.

I was about to ask why when I felt it- the surge of unnatural, negative energy. It coated the outside of the seal with its choking presence. This was what the creature was producing, copious amounts of miasma. My knees threatened to buckle. Just what exactly was I facing?

We slid to a stop when Kendra froze, her left hand twitching.

"What happened?" I tried to walk away from Temp, but his grip increased.

"Stop. Don't speak."

We stopped breathing, taking in the quiet surroundings. My eyes grew wide. Quiet. It shouldn't have been. The creature should've been after us, hunting us down.

Unless...

Kendra threw up a seal, this time around us, just a force collided on the rounded magic barrier. Needle teeth and a torn open smile repeatedly slammed against it.