Page 133 of Fallen Heirs

“You sure she’s gonna be okay to do that?” I asked, X looking as concerned as I was.

“She visited him a few hours ago and came out of it well. She’ll be fine, she’s got this.”

“Wow, that’s really something.”

X smiled. “Good for her. Very good.”

Ore told him, “I need you with the vampires, directing them, leading them.” He eyed me. “You’re with the wolves. Lay down cover for them.”

“And you?” X asked, clearly worried like I was that he’d try to take on Lenora by himself.

Before he could answer, the magically-created sky exploded, the full force of it headed straight for us.

Ore threw up his palms, his purple fire flaming wildly, and he stopped it in mid-air holding it off us.

“Thisis what I’ll be dealing with,” he grunted, as he started levitating it out of our vicinity, bit by bit.

Holy. Fucking. Shit.

It was rare to see massive, ultimate displays of his power like this.

And it was something else entirely.

Incredible—and hot as hell.

He noted my reaction and rolled his eyes. “Go. Take position,” he told us both.

In a burst, X was gone into the throes of soldiers.

I soared toward the wolves, only just landing when the entrance to the pocket dimension imploded, Ore’s magic shattering at the site, a second before a wave of blinding white light tore toward us like a tidal wave.

“Shields up!” Ore’s command sounded over the battlefield.

I flew up above everyone again just before it hit, slamming into the shields of everyone on the frontline.

A collective groan sounded as it forced our soldiers back a couple of steps.

Those shields were good, but even they couldn’t hold off the full power of celestial magic for long.

That fucking cunt, Lenora, was trying to magically-nuke us all to death.

I let my phoenix fire loose as I rapidly flew along the frontlines, transforming completely in the process so I could call on every ounce of my power.

Within moments, I created a wall of ferocious fire barring the way toObsidian, shielding them from the celestial magic withone of the only things that could actually hold back that shit—at least for a time.

It wouldn’t last forever, though, and given that my entire being was shuddering under the strain, that was made abundantly clear to me.

I could hear myself crying out in phoenix tongue as I fought to get a complete handle on every part of the flames I’d just let loose.

And then I did something I never had before on this scale, and I thrust my hands forward, sending a massive tidal wave of phoenix fire straight into the path of the celestial magic.

I watched it tear into it, fighting like crazy with everything I had, until it finally managed to cut a path through, the white celestial magic flickering wildly.

And then it tapped out, dissipating entirely.

I heard cheers and whooping from everyone and I pulled my fire back, then touched down, stumbling in my step from the over-exertion. Arms grasped me and I turned to see Xavier there, grinning at me.

“Fucking impressive, Tal.”

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