Page 12 of Witches Be Damned

Raze snarled and backed away, taking me with him.

“Not yet, Knoxe.” Tor lifted his palms and cautiously approached Raze. “Hey, buddy. We missed you.” He tried to reason with Raze’s animal to let me go.

I stretched out my hand. “Please, stay back for your safety. He’s been electrocuted and won’t listen to reason when he’s in beast mode.”

Raze groaned as if agreeing with me.

Tor’s cobalt eyes lifting to mine, sprouting tears. “We just got you back.”

“I don’t want to leave you.” I wrapped my arm over Raze’s massive one, holding onto his paw. “But I have to. Just for a little while. Let me get him back to his pack and healed.”

“Are you sure about this, Sunset?” Knoxe let go of the vamp he cuffed to a bench.

“Please, don’t argue with me. Not now, Knoxe. I don’t have the strength.” I rubbed my sweaty forehead.

I expelled a large amount of magick on Styx, his soldiers, and my three men. I was lightheaded and weak, in need of a decent meal after the vampires fed me stale bread and water.

“All right, Sunset.” He didn’t dare approach me and kept his eyes on Raze in case he needed to use his weapon or power to diffuse a situation. That was Knoxe for you, always keeping my and the team’s safety forefront.

“You better come back.” Tor ignored my warning and Raze’s threat, inching forward, eyes on me, reaching for me.

My wolf jerked me back and growled a warning that said he wouldn’t let me go back. We’d talk later, when he wasn’t dangerous and animalistic.

“Let him say goodbye,” I urged him, and he grumbled what I assumed was him relenting.

Tor closed the distance between us, clasping my face, kissing me on the lips, a sweet, soft brush of lips that spelled his absolute devotion to me. “Are you hurt, Supergal?”

“Just bruised, tired, and hangry.” I cupped his jaw.

Tor dipped his head to kiss between my thumb and forefinger.

Knoxe slowly reached for me, staring at Raze, seeking permission. My wolf granted it, and Knoxe stepped forward next, nudging Tor aside. Knoxe stroked my cheek, then leaned in to kiss me, fleeting and nowhere near long enough when it was all I needed.

He withdrew, and Tor snuck back for a second turn, all traces of his wobble and broken spine gone.

“You healed me, Supergal.” He took my lips without any fear of being reprimanded from Raze. “You’re my hero.”

I was, wasn’t I? I performed a damn miracle. One I wanted to investigate further. Scan Tor’s spine with my magick. Explore the limits of my power. Now within the Guardians’ walls though. Not after my father’s warning of being locked up for his level of power.

I snorted and leaned back. “You’ve always been mine, Superguy. And I didn’t heal you, I superfied you.”

He grinned, holding a palm to his heart, raising a finger to quiet my rumbling wolf.

“My magick changed the vampire’s DNA,” I told my two men. “Rewrote the genetic code and healed their defect affecting their breeding. What I suspect it did to heal you, Tor, unlock Knoxe’s dormant powers, and boost Raze’s strength. Get me a few blood samples if you can, for me to test when I come back.”

Raze objected with a thunderous sound that rattled test tubes. I stroked his scratched arm to quiet him. We had to leave soon, but not before I set a ground rule to ensure my freedom.

“That’s my Supernerd,” Tor joked, his eyes glossing over with a sheen at our impending separation that staked me in the heart.

I wanted to say more, but I didn’t want to risk the arrival of more vamp soldiers or any of the cuffed ones escaping.

“Promise me you won’t tell the warden about what I did to superfy you both,” I said to my two beautiful men. “I don’t want him locking me up in maximum security like my father.”

Tor crushed his hands into fists. “We won’t tell a soul. We love you, Supergal, and will do anything to protect you.”

I blew him a kiss. “I love you always, Candyman and my Viking. I’ll try to make it back in a few days, okay? Tell Pascal I love and miss him.”

Knoxe caught Tor by the shoulder, gesturing for them to let us go. “Take care of yourself, Sunset. And we’ll see you soon, brother,” he added to Raze.

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