Page 81 of Beg the Night

She got the hint quickly and tossed her head backward, moaning slightly. My cock throbbed again, but I ignored the sensation.

Instead, I focused on my power. It felt uncontrollable. Undeniable.

So I sent my senses out, like before, and urged my shadows to search.

This time, they easily slid through the magical barrier.

With the power of the claiming, I was made new. And with Athena’s power now pounding in my chest, I was unstoppable. Outside the barrier meant to keep us contained, my phantoms immediately found the mystic using his magic to enclose us in this room and strangled him without a sound.

The luminescent walls disappeared. Athena noticed this, too.

“Did you just?—”

“Get ready,” I teased as I tugged her dress back down her thighs. “Now, we fight like hell. Let’s go get my sister.”

TWENTY-FOUR

athena

Still crashing from the best orgasm of my life, I shot to my feet and followed Sinner off the bed. He was seemingly unfazed by the connection we’d just experienced. For now, I couldn’t worry about that. We had far bigger issues to focus on.

His power…his power had literally burst through the barrier that held us in this room. I watched in awe as bodies fell from trees around us, guards who had been hiding in the darkness plummeted to their deaths.

Sinner was using his magic. Each time he did, there was a slight pull on my chest, like an awareness of his every move.

I understood it so clearly now. I understoodhimso clearly. What I had seen in those few seconds of euphoria…

It was nothing but death. Destruction. Pain.

Maybe we really did belong to each other.

He sprinted through the woods at a ferocious speed, not bothering to make sure I was following him. He wouldn’t need to anymore. If he felt even a fraction of what I felt, he would never need to look for me again.

Considering the way he had practically consumed me with his own phantoms, he had absorbed much, much more of my magic than I had of his.

Shadows slashed out around us, shielding us from prying eyes like dark clouds covering the moonlight.

We were new. Stronger. Faster.Fearless.

I was not afraid as we stormed through the forest. I was not afraid for my safety or Sinner’s. There were mystics all over these woods, yes.

But they were no match for us.

The Ministry had underestimated us. They underestimated how powerful we would be after we claimed.

From here on out, I’d never be used as a pawn again.

I was a weapon now. My own weapon.

As the mansion came into view ahead, Sinner’s shadows brought every guard we encountered to their knees. I didn’t have to fight anyone, I wouldn’t have to. Sinner’s power flared out around us like an animal with a mind of its own. If I didn’t have so much adrenaline pulsing through my veins right now, I might have been shocked by it. Mesmerized, even.

But we didn’t have time for that. The farther we ran, the more violently my bare feet screamed in protest. The rough forest floor tore at my soles, but I pushed away the pain and channeled the determination coursing through me. The strength. Power.

We were saving Margaret and getting the hell out of here.

My lungs burned as I pumped my legs, pushing to catch up to Sinner.

When we reached the small clearing around the house, he screeched to a halt. I nearly plowed into him as my feet slid against the damp grass.

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