#Chapter 269 – A Long Time Coming

I scream as the boys come through the door, as Alvez hauls hard on my arm, pulling me up and spinning me around, clasping me to his chest with one arm while the other shoots out towards Jackson and Luca, who barrel forward. I feel the dark power streaming out of Alvez and heading towards the boys. Desperate, horrified, I press my eyes shut as my scream rips from me, as I send all of my own heart after Alvez’s magic, all the heat I have in my body and my bones racing to meet it, to trace through Avlez’s power, attempting by some instinct to singe it, to burn it, to destroy – My eyes fly open again when I hear Luca shout in pain and I watch as the magic hits him, knocking him backwards off his feet and flat onto his back. Jackson flinches in pain, shouting as the magic pulses over him, his canines extended in his rage. But he pounds forward unharmed, continuing on his path straight for me. Alvez growls, looking down at me as he figures out that I had something to do with the int