Chapter 68 Nico
NICO
The sounds of battle surrounded me. The wolves accompanying me murmured to one another from behind me.
But I didn’t pay any of that any attention.
My focus was fixed solely on the witch on her knees in the snow before me.
The black vein in her arm pulsed. I had nightmares about that mark. About it working its way up her arm until it covered her entire fucking body and rotted her from the inside out.
Luce’s hands dug deeper into the earth. The words coming from her lips made no sense to me, but they were harsh.
How she had managed to memorize this other language with such precision was beyond me.
Luciana was a female with many talents that was for sure.
The flames surrounding the battlefield rose, they towered over Luce as her words grew louder.
My heart was pounding in my chest. She’d been at this for a long time now. How much longer could she stay with it? How much more could her body take?
So much was riding on her, it was a lot of fucking pressure. And Luce hated disappointing people.
I worried she’d push herself past her breaking point to avoid disappointing Lennox.
My shoulders straightened as Luce stumbled over a word, her voice losing momentum. The words seemingly getting caught on her tongue. Her thick brows pinched as a look of pain flashed across her features.
“Luce.”
Blood trickled from her nose as her body began to tremble.
“Luce! You need to stop!”
She continued to stumble over the words, her eyes pressing together tighter.
“Lucy!”
Her lips stopped moving. The flames flickered out as blood streamed from Luce’s nose. Her body swayed as I made my way to her.
Fuck her and demanding I stay a distance away.
I was still making my way to her through the snow as she collapsed.