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Zervos, Lisabelle, and Trafton had gone to challenge the demons
that had made their way through the woods.
    “The demons are holding back,”
Lough murmured to me. “They should be here by now.”
    “Let’s not hurry them,” said
Rake. “I’m perfectly fine with having them take their sweet old time or, you
know, never coming at all.”
    “Fat chance,” said Lough.
    “Any time now,” Zervos yelled
over his shoulder. The fear in my body spread. What if I didn’t have enough
left? What if Marcus or one of the others didn’t either? What if Kia panicked?
    “I just want to say,” said Kia as
I closed my eyes again, “it’s great that we’re working together. All these
different paranormal types. Just this once.”
    The sadness in her voice struck
me, and I wondered what it was that she feared so deeply.
    The last thing I thought about
before the magic started to pour out of me in stripes was Keller. I sent a
little bit of the protection we were creating his way, and just hoped that the
wind would bear it home.
    “Now,” Lough cried, just as I
heard a fresh burst through the woods and Trafton yelling at the top of his
longs.
    Elemental, Vampire, Dream Giver,
Fallen Angel, and Pixie powers combined. The mixed bag of my magic melded
perfectly with those of the red blood, the whimsical white, the healing silver,
and the mischievous green. I felt better as they combined, stronger, more ready
to fight. I felt a dome created above our heads and nudged it outward and
forward.
    I opened my eyes to see
Lisabelle, Zervos, and Trafton running toward us, waving their arms. Lisabelle
pointed upward and I looked. A fallen angel was gliding toward us, and he held
something in his arms. Gasping, I could see a blond head poking out from above.
    Sip was with Keller.
    There was no better news in the
universe right now than that Sip was alright.
    “Let them in,” I ordered Lough.
When he saw who was coming he did it immediately. I sighed in relief as they
landed just in front of me, but I closed my eyes again immediately, because I
knew that if I looked at Keller I’d leave the circle. It was enough to know he
was alive. I could have flown again.
    We stood there for a long time.
Every time I wanted to let my legs give out I thought of my friends inside the
circle who needed protection. My life was standing around me, and I wanted to
keep them all safe. When I felt Lough start to wobble I squeezed his hand and
he steadied. Kia proved to be far stronger than I would have imagined; despite
her earlier fears, she never wavered.
    Eventually, arms came around my
waist and held me, and I opened my eyes to see Keller’s bare chest. So one
advantage of having my boyfriend go off to fight demons, and probably almost
die, was that now he’d lost his shirt. It’s the small pleasures that matter.
    “It’s okay now,” he said. “The
demons are gone. Or disintegrated.”
    I let go of Lough and instantly
sagged against Keller. His arms wrapped more firmly around me and held me
close.
    I felt weightless, and yet at the
same time so very heavy. I didn’t feel like there was a bone in my body
anymore, because they had all turned to mush. My eyes closed again and I was
sure that I didn’t have the strength to open them. Gently, Keller laid me down.
“I have to go heal Evan,” he said. “Sip’s fine. Just roaring angry.”
    I would ask later what Sip was
angry about, I decided, because right now all I had the energy to do was sleep.
I tried to tell him not to go, that just this once I wanted to be selfish and
keep him all to myself, but I didn’t have the energy.
    I curled up in a ball right there
on my bed of ground. It was very soft for me. I felt other bodies come around
me and do the same. Lisabelle and Sip had moved closer. I was sure Lough was
nearby as well. Then I slept.
     
    I opened my eyes. They felt
scratchy and dry and protested the simple movement. All I could see was
something dark green. I closed my eyes and opened them