lord of the underworld’s long claws raked across the demon’s face. Then Osiris looked at them. “I’m the lord of the underworld, boy. Of course, I can help. But I’ve got bigger problems at the moment.” He dodged the right hook the other demon threw at him and raked his claws across his opponent's stomach.
“Liam.” Gabby tugged on his hand and pointed up at the sky. The dragons, all five of them, had reared back their heads and smoke billowed out of their nostrils.
Liam lifted his hands, and water flowed up out of them, encasing both of them completely. Gabby couldn’t help but keep her eyes up, fascinated to see the dragons releasing their fire. Maybe she was a freak for wanting to see it, but she kind of felt like it was a once in a lifetime thing. Of course, that could be because most people who saw a dragon's fire ended up dead. At least that’s what her textbooks said.
The fire that shot from their mouths wasn’t red like she thought it would be. It was blue. It swept across the clearing, and even through Liam’s shield, she could feel the suffocating heat.
“It’s blue,” she murmured.
Liam nodded. “Like the hottest part of a fire, down at the bottom where the coals burn. The blue flames are the hottest.”
That sort of made sense. If a dragon was going to breathe fire, then they would no doubt breathe the hottest part.
When the blue flames finally stopped, the dragons swooped down, flying so low that those who hadn’t been cooked had to drop to the ground to keep from being knocked down. One by one, the dragons flew back through the portal. As soon as the last one disappeared, the portal snapped closed and vanished.
Liam dropped the shield, and Gabby looked around. The dark royal elementals survived, and some of the dark elementals and acolytes were fighting, but all of the witches lay dead. She guessed they must not have had a way to protect themselves from the dragons.
Osiris and the other demon, who Gabby figured must be the Dolion dude who was trying to open hell, were still going at it. Apparently, dragon fire didn’t do a damn thing to demons, or they’d somehow managed to protect themselves. Okay, so that made more sense. They were powerful demons, and one of them was basically the devil. Of course, they would be able to protect themselves while they continued to duke it out.
When the shock of the fire wore off, the battle renewed as Gabby watched Zuri bellow out a battle cry as she, Frost, Josie, Miles, and the triplets ran full out at the dark royals. They threw everything they had at the evil elementals.
“They’re distracting them,” Liam said as he pointed to where Aviur and the other light royals were forming a circle.
Gabby noticed that Dhara, the earth queen, was on her feet and appeared strong as she raised her joined hands in the air with the other elementals. All around the royals were small pixies, and they’d covered the group in a shimmering globe of magic. Circling them were the boulder golems, their backs to the royals as they deflected the attacks of the dark elementals and acolytes still standing.
Gabby shifted and saw a chalice in the center of the circle where the light royals were chanting. It was beginning to glow a bright red, and as the chanting grew louder, it began to shake.
“No!” The sound of Josie’s cry caused Gabby to turn just in time to see Miles take a blast of fire from the dark fire king straight to his chest. His body went up in flames. A moment later, there was nothing but ash where Miles had been.
“What the…” Gabby breathed out. Her stomach rolled as she watched Josie throw her hands out, bolt after bolt of blue power flying at the dark fire king. Walking toward her, he deflected them, one after the other.
“We have to help,” Liam said. He started toward Josie and then looked over his shoulder at Gabby. “Don’t die, dammit,” he snarled.
Gabby frowned. “You don’t die either,” she snapped back.
“Glad we have a plan,” Liam said.
Ra and Shelly ran toward them from the other side of the clearing, their eyes also on Josie.
Liam held out his hands and muttered under his breath. Gabby placed her hand on his shoulder and pushed her power into him. Blue and red balls of power shot out of his hands, aimed for the