Scorched by Darkness (Eternal Mates #18) - Felicity Heaton Page 0,47

her in disbelief, unsure of what was happening, heat rolled off her in intense, pulsing waves that felt as if he was standing under the noon sun on the equator of the mortal realm.

That heat grew stronger, forcing him to release her, to rise to his feet and back away as it scorched him. Grave moved back too, and Night seized the witch’s arm and tugged her with him, guiding her behind him as he backed towards the town.

Hartt couldn’t believe his eyes as bright golden fissures formed in Mackenzie’s skin, releasing flickers of fire that quickly caught on her clothes. The instinct to rush to her to put out those fires was strong and it took all of his will to keep moving away from her instead, stopping himself from being engulfed by those eerie flames too.

A shiver danced down his arms and his spine as her chest lifted, as if someone had tied a rope to her waist and was raising her into the air. Her arms and legs dangled as her chest bowed, as she rose into the shimmering air and her hair turned to flames. The heat haze that surrounded her twisted and distorted as the flames spread, as more cracks in her skin broke open to release blinding light and boiling heat, and he stumbled away from her as he struggled to believe what he was seeing.

Another form.

That form took on a stronger, clearer shape as her feet suddenly dropped and he brought his arm up to shield his eyes as light exploded from her.

A wave of heat blasted outwards from her, sent pebbles and dust flying past him as he braced himself against it, as fire licked at him and he was forced to take more steps backwards, away from her. He grimaced as the air grew hotter, in danger of scalding him even at this distance, and for a heartbeat, he felt sure there was no escaping the fire.

But then it suddenly ceased.

Cold air rushed back in, moving towards her, as if she were pulling it to her.

Hartt lowered his arm, swallowed hard and stared. Just stared.

Mackenzie hovered in the air around thirty feet off the ground, great wings of fire wrapped around her naked body, flames dancing over every inch of her. Those wings opened, spreading to at least forty feet wide, and began to flicker and fade. When they were almost gone, her eyes gradually opened, revealing irises that blazed like white-hot fire.

Hartt couldn’t stop himself from moving towards her as she looked at him, the need to be close to her too powerful to deny, to reach out and touch her and know that she was real.

Alive.

Not a trace of blood marred her pale, perfect skin. No evidence of what had happened to her.

She leaned towards him as he approached, floating in the air with long ribbons of fire leaping from her shoulders, flickering in the air like wings. She reached for him as her hair streamed from behind her, dancing as flames that were a shade darker than her wings, closer to red.

Light continued to pulse beneath her skin, waves of it that mesmerised him, seemed to cast a spell on him as he gazed up at her, drawn to her.

Hartt raised his hands and reached for her too, ached to make contact with her as she slowly drifted down towards him. The tiny flickers of flames that played over her skin chased upwards, away from her hands as they neared his, and he gasped as they touched, as he felt the heat of her skin slowly fading back to normal.

“Mackenzie,” he murmured, his voice thick, laced with the disbelief still coursing through him even now when they were touching.

He still couldn’t quite bring himself to believe that she was back.

Had resurrected.

Mackenzie’s eyes gradually dimmed, the light that chased under her skin fading as she drifted down into his arms, as her legs lowered and her feet touched the black ground. Her hair settled around her shoulders, no longer flames, spilling in red waves that he wanted to bury his hands in as he held her to him and breathed her in.

“I told you to run,” she whispered, and gods, it felt so good to hear her voice again that tears filled his eyes.

“And I told you I wouldn’t leave you.”

She smiled shakily, looked herself over and then glanced up into his eyes. “I guess my secret is out.”

“You’ll have to kill me now?” he offered, and it felt

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