Total pages in book: 112
Estimated words: 106600 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 533(@200wpm)___ 426(@250wpm)___ 355(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 106600 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 533(@200wpm)___ 426(@250wpm)___ 355(@300wpm)
The weapon is glowing blue and hums within my palm as blue smoke raises from it and me. My eyes harden the moment I see Ardan pinned to the wall.
My power pulsates in my veins. Ice-cold magic beats within me. I can feel I’m skating a thin line trying to harness this power, but I’m in control.
“Don’t let the vengeance control you. We have a purpose beyond that day,” Lee says in my head. “This was our destiny. The Council of the Phoenix and the fire sirens will rise again. Born of ash, risen through song.”
“Then let’s fucking sing,” I growl.
I snap my gaze to the asshole standing before me when I hear Beck’s whimper. Looking up through my lashes, I glare at Bardo as he holds Beck in one hand and Bourne in the other. Wrong fucking move. I’m going to drop him and get the guys free in one breath.
“They are strong, but this is our house. Bring them down,” Lee Ann says in my head.
“The fire bitch is mine,” Taylor snarls.
“I will get our mates free,” I seethe.
However, as I launch forward, everything around me changes. I freeze as a woman holding my father comes into view. Carson stands beside her with his wrists bound.
I know right away we are in an illusion. I look to Bardo as he glares back at me. The boys are now in a cage floating high above us.
This motherfucker should have kept them in his grasp to keep me off his ass. I don’t know who this bitch is, but she’s going down just the same.
“Who’s up first?” I snort and smile.
Bardo charges forward like he’s skating on ice. I’m ready for him. He pulls an ice sword out of thin air right as he gets up on me.
I dip back out of the way. The cold of the sword breezes by my chest and face. I come up and turn to face him.
He swings his sword at me again, trying to take advantage of his long reach. I block it with my naginata and shove him back, taking him by surprise as he stumbles back.
“So I shouldn’t underestimate you,” he says as if he’s amused.
“Do whatever you want. I’m going to fuck you up either way. You hurt my boys, I’m going to make you pay for that.”
His big ass laughs at me. “Your boys? I don’t remember my brother giving you that right.”
“So what? You murder your brother and think it’s your right?”
“You know nothing about me,” he bellows like a madman.
He charges at me again angrily. This time as he glides toward me, I release the button on the center of my weapon and pull the two blades apart. I move past him in a flash and slice his arm and side.
He roars as blood drips from his side. “You bitch.”
“That’s Queen Bitch to your ass, asshole.”
I knit my brows as the wounds I just caused heal up and look like ice is replacing the flesh I broke through. Quickly, I put my blades back together and spin the weapon above my head.
Out of the corner of my eye, I see a shard of ice heading for my face. I bring my naginata down to block it. The blades on my sword change, lighting up blue.
My instincts kick in and I blast him with the light. It shoots out a blade of ice that hits him in the shoulder and shatters. I adjust and send more power through on my second blast.
This one hits him and lodges in his shoulder. I grin to myself. I guess I still have more to learn about this thing.
Suddenly, this motherfucker grows by like four feet. I watch in awe but shake it off quickly. He drags his sword across the ground, making this piercing sound that hurts my ears.
I note he’s slower in this form. This time, when he comes at me, I flip out of the way and shoot another shard of ice at him. However, when he knocks it away, it comes spinning back in my direction, cutting me across the cheek.
“Come on, Billy. You’ve got this,” Carson calls, reminding me he and Papi are here as well as that woman.
I’m thrown backward as I’m momentarily distracted. When I look up, Bardo is bringing his sword down on me.
“Shit.”
Split in Two
“That’s Uncle Bardo. The dreams were real. He is an ice titan,” I say to Bourne through our mind link.
“I know.”
“Does that mean he really killed Mom and Dad?”
“Look at what he’s trying to do now.”
“But why?”
“I don’t know. He’s taking everything from us. Mom, Dad, our home.”
Anger fills me as I watch my uncle fight my mom. I don’t want to lose another mommy. Billy is good to us.
It hurts so much when you lose a mommy. I don’t want to feel that hurt again. I squeeze my eyes shut when Uncle Bardo sends a shard of ice flying at Mommy.