Page 63 of Snow's Charming
“Have no fear, Skye. We are only relinquishing your witchy powers.”
A set of protective arms cupped the back of my head as the female voice responded.
“Fuck you, Jackie.”
“It figures you’d act this way. You shouldn’t swear or disrespect your elders. The baby will pick up your nasty habits, Skye,” said Jackie with venom in her voice.
Footsteps walked away from me. I still didn’t have my bearings, but memories were flooding back. I remember Jackie imprisoning me in a cell once I fled Rumors in search of Sylus.
“Sesi, can you hear me? I’m Skye, and this is Morgan. We are friends of Sylus.”
I slowly opened my eyes and blinked several times before two women with dark hair came into view.
“What happened? Why is my head split open? And why did you utter my stepmonster’s name? Did she kidnap you all too?”
“Well, technically, it isn’t she who is behind all ofthis. Demetrese, the ruler of the Underworld, is. He is bloodthirsty for power. And the best way to get it is to tap into our babies’ powers.”
“Well, all of that may be true, but I can’t help but apologize for how my stepmonster Jackie is treating you. I’m sorry I got you both in my mess with her. It would have been nice to have met you under different circumstances. Instead, we are in—hell’s dungeon. I don’t suppose you know a way out? It’s all still a little fuzzy, but I think I hit my head trying to crawl up there.”
I pointed to a small hole that looked like an entrance to another area of the dungeon.
“Yeah, we saw you fall when Jackie shoved us in here. While you’ve been unconscious, we tried to open a portal, but no such luck.” Said Morgan.
“Pardon the pun, but how the hell are we going to get out of here?”
I tried to chuckle as I asked, but my head protested with pain once more.
“The only way is for you to contact Sylus telepathically. Jackie blocked both my and Morgan’s telepathy because she knows we’re both witches. But she doesn’t have the same power over an Alpha and Luna.”
“I don’t understand.”
Bits and pieces of the last several hours flooded my mind, and then I remembered she laced the bars with wolfsbane and mercury.
“She knows I’m a werewolf, but as for the rest, I’m not sure.”
“Try. A Luna has a stronger connection to her Alpha than any other person in the pack. It may be our only chance of getting out of here.”
Telepathy wasn’t something Sylus and I had practiced. We’d been fighting Jackie since we met, sure, but all of that time I was coming into my powers. And each day, it seemed I was learning something new. I will try because if she was coming after me, that meant Sylus wasn’t safe either. Focusing on any one thing was hard, though. My head was still pounding, and I wasn’t sure if Jackie knew how to block a Luna.
Still, it seemed to be our only chance of surviving. I closed my eyes and took several shallow breaths to calm my racing mind. Hatred of what Jackie did heated every fiber of my being. All I could see in my mind’s eye was red. For this to work, I needed to be in a calmer state. It was my only hope of connecting to Sylus. My mind tried to focus on Sylus’s face, but the more I tried to relax to reach out, the more panicked I became.
Sylus? Sylus, baby, can you hear me?
I seriously didn’t think it would work. I was too nervous, too unfocused.
“You’re doing great, Sesi. Keep it up!” said Skye.
How she could know I was doing well was beyond me, so I opened my eyes and saw a faint pink glow emitting from my skin. I remembered that happened after the Moon Goddess broke the curse.
“Keep it up! The connection is getting stronger.”
Sylus? Can you hear me?
Sesi—baby? What’s going on? Are you hurt? I can feel your head is about to explode.
Jackie has me, and Skye and Morgan, too. She’s planning to have the ruler of the Underworld steal our powers.
I know, baby. Raine filled me in. Do you know where you are?
