with blue magic as she shoots blue dust at angels near her, and they instantly drop to the ground. The demons are not as nice as Madi; I see several of them ripping the angels apart like candy.
I wipe some of the blood from my face as we fly higher and higher, leaving the war behind and heading to the city of the angels.
Chapter 17
As I shove my sword back into my holder, Ayda flies us straight past the rubble of the academy, of what is left of it. The beautiful gardens are gone now; nothing but dust smothers the floating rock, and strangely I feel sad that the academy is gone. For a while, it was my home, and it was where I met my best friend. And where I lost a best friend too.
And most of all, I found my mates. The loves of my life.
When I first came to the academy, I thought my life was over. My parents were gone, I literally had died, and I didn’t know what else there was to live for. Turns out, my life was just beginning. Pushing away all my thoughts, I focus on the city just as we come through the barrier that surrounds it, and Ayda swiftly flies up until she suddenly flattens out into a glide, and I get to see all of Neamh from high up. The city of light is as beautiful as I remember, but it’s tainted with silence now, not one single noise drifts up to me from the entire city. Turning Ayda, we head towards the castle in the centre of the floating island where I know the light above is hiding while his people are at war. My heart aches as I get further away from my mates, having no clue how they are doing and wishing I could be by their sides in the fight. I just know if the light above isn’t killed, then this war will never end. The angels will always do what it tells them, and I can’t live in peace until this is over.
Even if it costs me everything.
Swooping down, Ayda lands in a clearing opposite the large doors where the light above is hidden, but he isn’t alone. Three angels in white uniforms, helmets covering their faces, block the door, and they all turn to me. Sliding my sword out, I climb off Ayda as they walk over to me.
“Three against one? Not fair, guys,” I say, patting Ayda’s side.
“What are you doing here?” the angel in the middle asks, slipping out his own sword. I slide the spear attached to Ayda’s side out of the holder, knowing the fight is going to happen one way or another. I need to get into those doors, and they will protect it. I’ve never fought more than one person at a time, but my vampire strength and speed should give me a boost. Their wings and powers might be an issue though.
“She is the vampire queen, don’t you recognise her?” the angel on the left questions. I lift my spear as the middle angel decides to attack, and we crash together in the middle of the clearing. The second angel attacks me from my left, and I kick out at him before slashing him with my sword, catching his leg. He goes down as the middle angel hits me hard with the sword, cutting my side. I push away the pain as I spin around, using my vamp speed to sprint to a nearby pillar and run up it. I push my legs off the pillar, jumping into the air and crashing down on the middle angel with my sword, which snaps his and gives me a clear view of his chest. The cracking of his ribs as my sword slides into him makes me feel sick. He drops to the floor, and I spin around with my spear, wondering why the third angel hasn’t attacked me yet. The angel stares at me, and I halt as I see his eyes.
Riley pulls off his helmet, throwing it onto the ground between us, and we stare at each other over the dead angels between us.
“Don’t get in my way, Riley,” I coldly warn him.
As if I stabbed him already, he almost takes a step back, hurt shining in his eyes. “Everything I’ve done is for you! I kept you alive! How could you betray me!”
“Betray you?” I shout back, almost laughing. “You tried to kill me the