Chapter 42
CURI
O ne moment we’re grappling a graynite, and the next our body loses all power.
I hit the ground, chimera slipping away, and the graynite looms over me, larger than life.
My vision darkens. I can barely see its claws coming for my face.
Arms materialize around me, and the world shatters and reconstructs itself into the testing room.
Is this a test? Am I dreaming?
Someone slaps my cheek. “Curi, hey, are you with me?” Levi says.
“I need to get my Cameron,” Derek says. “Put up the shields and I will bring her.”
“Teleport her?” Levi asks. “How the fuck did you do that?”
“Not sure. Don’t care, as long as I can do it again.”
Cameron? “She’s out there?” I try to stand, but my limbs refuse to cooperate. “Dammit!” I’m wiped. No use. Cameron…fuck…
“Levi, the shields!” Adaline orders.
“The others are still out there,” Levi counters.
“Then we’ll drop it for them.”
“We’ll only get one shot,” Levi says.
“Then we’ll have to make it count,” his mother replies.
A hum fills the air as the druid raises the shield. I drag myself to the window, barely feeling the slice of glass on my palms as I pull myself up to look out.
Blocks of ice form in my gut at the sight that greets me.