Ash was exhausted after the visions and the stress of not realizing whether or not the individuals she cared about have been alive. She nonetheless acquired drained through the day and determined to take a nap whereas she waited for information from Luca. She desperately hoped she’d gotten the data to him in time to make a distinction. He’d misplaced a lot already.

Her thoughts swam with ideas of Luca and the others as she drifted into an uneasy sleep. At first, her goals have been bizarre, that includes her and Luca in scenes that had nothing to do with conflict. Issues modified with out warning.

Ash’s environment misplaced their hazy, dreamlike high quality, and every part got here into sharp focus round her. She didn’t know the place she was, however she might scent fresh-cut stone over the blood.

Oh, my God. That is the brand new palace.

She fought the panic that threatened to overwhelm her and centered on committing each element of the imaginative and prescient to reminiscence. To her horror, rubble and our bodies coated the ground in each path. Turning round, she looked for anybody or something she acknowledged. The primary corpses she knew have been Sasha’s and Anya’s.

After rounding a nook, Ash screamed when she noticed Kittania’s severed head resting on an axe blade pushed deep into the stone wall above her corpse. Toes away, Viktorija’s damaged physique lay in a pool of blood, her chest splayed open past any hope of therapeutic.

The sounds of combating drew her consideration, and she or he ran that method, praying she would discover Luca alive. She skidded to a cease when she noticed him within the courtyard, dealing with a military of vampires and Therians. He loomed over them in dragon type, combating with every part he had.

He lashed out along with his spiked tail, talons, and enamel and bathed the enemies in dragon fireplace, then referred to as the lightning that was his distinctive magic. There have been too many for him to combat alone. Regardless of what number of foes he eradicated, one other wave attacked.

Ash’s coronary heart constricted when she realized Luca was shedding, and there was nobody left alive to assist him.

Somebody shook her, and Ash jerked awake with a jolt. She sat up straight, gasping from the horror of her imaginative and prescient. It felt the identical because the one she’d had concerning the combat with Nikoli. Her goals weren’t that clear.

Settle down. It hasn’t occurred but. There’s nonetheless time.

Dani appeared involved. “Holy shit, dude! What the fuck occurred? You have been screaming.”

“Imaginative and prescient.” Ash jumped away from bed and scrambled for her telephone. She referred to as Luca, however he didn’t reply. Growling in frustration and fear, she texted him. “They’ll assault the palace in pressure.”

Working towards the room the place Eiko was staying, Ash shouted, “Change of plans!” to alert the others.

After she burst via Eiko’s closed door, she woke the witch. “I had one other imaginative and prescient of one thing that hasn’t occurred but. The brand new palace is beneath assault, and if we don’t do one thing, Kittania, Viktorija, and Luca are going to die, together with who is aware of what number of others!”

Eiko was immediately alert and acquired away from bed. Ash had deliberate to construct a reputation and repute for herself within the supernatural world earlier than she returned to Russia, however issues had modified. Luca and their individuals have been in peril. Between what she had seen and what Ivanna had proven her, Ash knew he would die if she didn’t do one thing.

When everybody was awake, they gathered in the lounge, and Ash defined what she’d seen. She needed to get again to Russia now and was open to solutions for the quickest option to do it. She turned to Eiko. “May we portal on to the brand new palace if we pooled our energy?”

The witch nodded gravely. “Not with out danger. We’ll each be exhausted on the finish of the journey, although you’ll be able to feed to regain your power. I can be unable to work the upper magics.”

Ash couldn’t sacrifice Eiko. “However… No, that’s not acceptable.”

Eiko held up a hand to cease her. “Ash-san, I’m an previous lady. If that is how I transfer on to the subsequent journey, I’ll know I went out…how do you say it? Kicking ass and taking names?”

Ash hugged her. “Thanks. I really like you.”

Eiko nodded. “I really like you too, pricey. Don’t rely me out but. I’ll go put together what we want. It’s best to say your goodbyes now.”

Dani was crying. “I’ve to remain right here, don’t I?”

Tears stung Ash’s eyes. “I hate this, however we’re pushing it already.”

“Rattling it! I do know that, but it surely feels so fucking incorrect,” Dani protested.

“I didn’t say I used to be simply leaving you right here, dumbass. I count on you to be ready for a journey on the Tilichiki Airport in about twenty hours. Pack your shit and get to Russia.” Ash turned to Uuka. “You’ll keep and preserve my dad and mom secure?”

“In fact.”

She didn’t wish to say goodbye, however each second she waited, Luca can be that a lot nearer to a sure dying. She needed to make it in time.

She needed to.

Dani hugged her and cried into her shoulder. “I really like you, Ash. Your ass had higher survive this combat and be there to fulfill me.”

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