Page 124 of Blood and Reign

I nod as he turns and shifts. We all freeze as we watch Luka’s wolf take over.

Instead of a mix of dark and gray, full bright orange flames wrap around his body. The shift takes half the time with his wolf emerging and heading straight for the nearest horde of demons, his bright flames leaving a trail behind him.

“Brother…” Jax stares after him in awe. He whips his head to me, a wide watery smile on his face before turning and running into a shift, following his brother close behind.

The others are still staring in shock after Luka’s transformation when another loud shriek sounds out around us. I look up and find the group of dragons struggling, as more and more winged demons appear.

“Go, I’ll watch your backs while I search for King.” Without finding King, this is going to get a lot worse before it gets better.

Axel nods, placing a kiss on the side of my head before heading out through the barrier. Flames ignite down both arms, expanding to his chest before his whole body is alight. The flames grow larger and larger until his dragon emerges and heads for the skies.

Rion comes over, placing his hands on the sides of my face. “I love that you’re strong, but please don’t try anything that might put yourself in danger.”

“Same to you.” Rion smiles, nodding before turning and heading in Jax's and Luka’s direction.

Kai is the last to leave, as he places a soft kiss on my forehead. “Once you find King, let us know in whatever way you can, and we’ll be right there.” He steps back, taking one last glance before turning and running into the chaos.

A few feet in, he transforms into his Cerberus, stomping through them, taking out as many as he can as he heads for the larger demons.

Soren steps closer to me as I pull my powers up and focus on the energy from each of my mates. There are too many smaller demons around Kai, slowing him down from reaching the larger demons.

I push my power out around me and watch as my dark tendrils head straight for the horde around him. Once they touch them, the horde lights up, burning from the inside out before turning to ash.

Kai moves straight for the larger demon closest to him. His three mouths instantly lock onto it, tearing it to pieces before moving on to the next one.

With Kai safe and holding his own, I pull back and follow Rion’s light. I catch it just as it grows, and he transforms into his basilisk. He slithers quickly through the demons, striking and attacking everything he passes.

As I pull back, I pause, noticing a few supes lights are starting to dim. I push my energy toward them. It seeps out of me and moves straight for them. Once it touches them, their lights grow brighter, and they attack the demons with more vigor than before.

Dark flames fall from the sky, catching my eye. I pull back my power and glance up, watching as winged demons burn and fall.

Axel easily takes out a dozen more before plummeting down and raining flames into the masses of smaller demons. He soars back up, taking out a few more winged demons before descending on the ones below once more. He keeps rotating, until he has cut their numbers in half.

With Rion, Kai and Axel all holding their own and making a dent in the hordes of demons, I check in on my twins.

Reaching out for them, I sense Luka and Jax both working together to take down a group of werewolf beasts. The kind King experimented on and mutated.

But neither has an issue with them as they rip through them easily, both working in tandem with one another.

With all my mates safe, I turn my focus to King. I reach out with my senses, trying to find any energy that’s off.

More supes light up in my mind, their light as dim as the others, with some fading completely.

I push my energy toward them. It takes longer this time with them being so far out, but eventually I see their lights brighten.

Pulling back, I sway on my feet, the healing taking a toll on my energy.

Soren grabs my arm, holding me still. “Don’t overdo it. You’ll need your energy to fight King.”

A couple of supes cry out to the left of us. I go to move toward them when Soren stops me.

“Focus on King. I’ve got this.” Soren heads into the fray before disappearing completely.

I push away my worries about him and turn to focus on my task.

Expanding my senses further out, I move past hundreds of more demons before reaching the middle of the expanse. I’m about to move past it when I come across a large area devoid of energy. I sense no demons, no supes, just… nothing.

Maybe Rion is right, and King is shielding himself.

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