Page 83 of All's Fair in Love and Magic

I didn’t register the knife in his hand until it was in my chest, and I was staring down at the hilt protruding from my heart.

And suddenly, my entire world was engulfed in flames.

sixteen

LIAM

The momentthe wards came down, the witches exploded into action.

One of them shoved Tess into my arms while another threw her hands up in the air. Spells burst into being, winding around us.

I shifted, snarling into the phone as one of Sage’s security guards yelled something.

Tess grabbed the phone off the ground and yelled something back, but the line was already dead.

The magic still weaving into place around us was already really fucking strong.

There wasn’t any time to waste.

I shoved Tess to the ground with one of my talons and channeled every ounce of energy I possessed into the flames blazing over my wings. I’d never tried to destroy magic before, but there was no other option at the moment.

At first, the fire just burned.

But when I pushed it harder, it finally started to blaze through the power around me, slowly destroying and consuming the magic.

“What the hell?” one of the witches breathed.

“Keep going!” another one screamed.

My fire turned the magic to ash, and I left Tess safely on the sidewalk as I surged toward the other witches.

Sage had asked me not to kill anyone, but that wasn’t going to happen.

They were fucking dead. Other than her mom, of course.

None of them had made a run toward the resort, so they must’ve had others headed for my mate. There wasn’t time to deal with them the way they deserved, so I just slammed into them.

Their bodies were ash moments later.

I looked at Tess, but she waved me toward the resort. “Find Sage! I’ll go inside!”

Leaving her behind wasn’t the best idea, but I didn’t have time to try to regain control of the flames blazing over my wings so I could take her with me.

She would be safe in the tower.

That was going to have to be enough.

I launched myself into the sky, my eyes scanning the resort for signs of another witch.

When I saw one, I dove down and killed her the same way I had the others.

They were here for my mate. They would all fucking die.

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SAGE

The firearound me faded quickly, and metal clanged against the bench.

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