Immoral - G. Bailey Page 0,14
crashes into Riley, knocking him to the ground. Not wanting to wait a second longer, I run away towards Hazel, who is finishing off three angels who look beaten to a pulp on the floor. She is covered in blood, her arm looks broken as it hangs at her side, but she doesn’t seem to care. She throws a stone onto the floor, activating another portal, and she goes through it, leaving it open for me. I only need to step into it.
“Katy!” Riley roars behind me, and I spin around to see him throw the sword right towards me. I freeze, and in that moment, I know I’m going to die or at least hurt bad enough I won’t be able to escape. That is until a blur of a person pushes me aside, and the sword flies through them instead. I crawl off the ground to see Masita coughing on blood, a sword hanging out of her stomach. Her eyes meet mine for only a second, and I feel everything she can’t say.
Protect Aala.
I can’t even get to her before her eyes close and her head rolls to the side. An arm wraps around my waist, and I’m lifted off the ground as I burst into tears. The portal’s magic swims around me like crashing into a cold ocean before warm air replaces it, and I look up into Thallon’s eyes as he holds me to him. The portal snaps shut, but I hear the distant scream Riley lets out.
He just tried to kill me… How could he do that? Oh god, Masita saved my life and died because of it. How do I even tell Aala that? How can I ever repay Masita for what she did? We don’t even have her body; we can’t have a funeral or say a real goodbye.
“You’re safe now,” Thallon gently tells me, and I rest my head on his chest for a second as I watch the magic of the portal disappear into dust, and I know in my heart Ren isn’t on this side with me.
He is trapped, and I’m going back for him one way or another. I will never leave my mate with them.
Chapter 8
“Kaitlyn!” Henry’s voice sweeps over me as I turn around and see my dark angel running straight for me. He crashes into me, sweeping me up in a deep kiss that I return with everything I have as I hold onto him tightly. “Darlin’, you had me worried. Are you alright?”
“Define alright?” I question as I let him go, still holding his hands, and look around the large room we are in. The vampires are mostly cheering or holding each other tightly, all but one of them. Aala and I see each other from across the room, and her eyes search for someone she is not going to find in the crowd. Gods, how do I tell her?
Henry’s sister calls him, and I nod, letting him go to her even as his eyes search mine, both of us knowing we have a lot to talk about.
Before I can move, Thallon cups my cheeks and kisses me softly on my forehead. “You’re alive and safe.”
“And you’re an angel now?” I question, stepping back to run my eyes over his large black wings. They suit him, and his eyes lock onto mine. We don’t have to say anything, my missing wings are enough of an answer for us both.
“Bryne!” Vesnia’s shout jolts me, and I turn to see her run to Bryne the moment he steps into the room. He grabs her the second he is close enough and picks her up, swinging her around and burying his head into her hair as she cries. Gods, she loves him. I know that feeling well.
“Where is Masita, Kaitlyn?” Aala asks, and the world seems to slow as I turn around to face her. I go down on my knees, making us the same level as I pick up her tiny, cold hands. I think she knows...but having it confirmed is a different matter. How do I tell a little girl that all the family she had left in the world is gone?
“I— She didn’t make it,” I tell her, and she stares at me, blinking her big eyelashes a few times. “But I swear on my life, I will look after you. Your aunt saved my life, and I will care for the only person she loved: you.”
Aala bursts into tears, and I can only hold