Page 10 of Claimed By Her Monsters

I was amazed by the sudden shift of energy as our surrounding waters in a 2 feet radius began to clear up instantly. The green water, which had been full of waste and dread, began to filter through into clear waters of blue that were absent of all the debris.

As magnificent as it was, I knew I needed to swim back up while I could, but something caught my attention on the crown part of Nerrisa’s head. Something that shimmered red and orange as if to grab my attention.

Securing her body against me with one arm, my hand glided through her floating strands to part them where the glowing was coming from, revealing a glowing mark consisting of a black star in the middle of a set of dual wings. One set of wings reminded me of angel wings, while the other set was clearly on fire and where the majority of the orange and red glow was stemming from.

Between the black star were lines that mimicked the rays of sunlight as the sun began to rise upon the horizon. My eyes widened as I clued in on what mark this was.

No. Who this mark belonged to. It couldn’t be…

Lucifer Morningstar…the Devil.

“Fuck,” I cursed underwater, only to peer upward and notice the massive flaming hand coming our way. I thought it had to be an illusion, but the intense heat that approached us matched with the sizzling smoke coming from two opposite elements being forced to share one space was enough to push me to shield ourselves — just in time for the flaming hand to wrap its massive fingers around us.

It was like being scooped out of a pool after almost drowning, only now we were in the palm of a giant hand of scorching flame, and the being was even bigger. Its molten eyes oozed with lava that poured down into the swamp below. which created puffs of smoke that began to rise and cover the creature's legs up to its waist.

“ATTICUS!”

I glanced over to see Arthur, Sawyer, and Cornelius only seconds away from us. The three of them landed around my shielded barrier. I immediately expanded it until all three of them were invited into the golden bubble’s protective force, which encouraged Sawyer to drop down to Nerissa’s side as he began to scan her with his eyes that were overtaken by white light.

“Whatever was in those bullets is spreading through her veins far too quickly,” he hissed, which had Arthur and Cornelius dropping down to the opposite side of Nerissa and hovering their hands over her body frail body.

Seeing her unconscious and bleeding out from multiple wounds pushed me to do things I’d never thought of achieving upon the Earth, but I tamed myself as I looked at Sawyer.

“Can we keep her stable?”

“We can,” he assured me as he continued to focus on our mate. “I can slow down the progression of the disease, at least to a sluggish enough pace that Nerissa's body will pinpoint the source of the problem and destroy it before healing itself.”

“Do it,” I urged. There were going to be no questions when it came to protecting and saving our Theia.

“What about you?” Sawyer questioned, his glowing eyes now on me. “Can you handle it?”

“I have no choice,” I pressed and looked back down at Nerissa. I bit my lip, despising how pale she was. It made her lips look like they were on the verge of turning blue. She was still breathing, but whatever had been in those bullets would be a pain in our asses once it got to the bloodstream.

“You can assist me once we know Nessa will be okay,” I emphasized.

“Understood,” Sawyer declared and went right to work as his hands began to move in waving gestures. His left hand would move inward as if inviting positive energy into Nerissa’s body while his right would move outward as though it was extracting the negative energy out of her.

“What are we going to do about this massive giant that may potentially kill us?” Cornelius inquired.

We both seemed to glance at Arthur, who didn’t seem very concerned about the probability of us being killed.

“It doesn’t have the intention of killing us,” Arthur disclosed. “But I don’t think it’s planning to let us go.”

“If it's not planning to let us go, where is it taking us?” Cornelius questioned as his gaze darted between us, but honestly, I had no clue where this giant was taking us.

But I had a strong hunch who its creator was…

“NESSA! ATTICUS!”

I glanced over to the direction of the call, and my eyes landed on the cliff where Beta Koa, Ciel, Natalia, Fenriz, and Alpha Erebus stood. They’d clearly acknowledged our predicament, their expressions proving they were unsure how they would get us out of this situation with this molten-created giant that held us in the palm of its hand.

The being of power let out a cry as it became clear that it wasn’t moving.

No. It's sinking!

“Shit. The giant is sinking,” I stressed and looked at the others, who exchanged worried looks.

“Retreat!” Natalia called out to us as she waved her arms. “Come back!”

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