Chapter 280

LIAM’S POV The moment Memphis raised his hands, I felt the shift in the air. His magic was powerful and suffocating. The aura felt like smoke choking the lungs. Dark energy moved around his palms. My instincts screamed at me to move, to protect her. “Natalie!” I stepped forward, but I wasn’t fast enough. He directed the magic at her and the spell slammed into her chest with a force that made the ground shake under us. Her body arched violently. She started convulsing as the energy wrapped around her. She screamed in pain. The sound was so loud that it tore through me. The sound was raw and so painful that it broke my heart. She screamed even louder then she went silent. She went limp. “No, no, no, no!” I screamed. I ran to her and dropped to my knees beside her limp body. Her hair was spilled across the stone floor. It sparkled a bit in a way it had never done before. Her breathing was shallow. Her chest was barely rising. I reached for her, desperate to touch her, to shake her awake b