I don't own Darkest Powers. If I did the series would be done by now.
The wolf circles me. It growls, a deep rumbling in its throat. It suddenly tenses ready to jump and launches itself at me.
I wake with a start. The dream is always the same. I don't know what it means but it hasn't failed to wake me up for two and a half weeks. Not since we got to the safe house. I glance at the clock expecting to see it flashing 4:30, but instead the numbers 3:04 are lit up across the face. I groan inwardly. I'll never be able to get back to sleep.
I walk over to the mirror. Since we've been running my normally super pale skin has tanned and my light brown hair has gone almost blonde. I run my hand through my hair. It's gotten the slightest bit darker since we've been here. My hand travels down my neck to the hollow of my throat. I finger the locket there, the only thing I have left of my family.
Maybe a glass of water will help me calm down. I glance at Selena sleeping in the other bed. She wouldn't wake up if I crashed cymbals in her ears. I open the door quietly and walk to the stairs. There are figures in the windows next to the door. One of them appears to be unlocking the door. I shrink back into the shadows.
The door gave a small click as it opened. Two men and three teenagers walked through the door. Two girls one boy. They all looked older than me.
The smaller of the two men speaks, "There are three bedrooms on the second floor. Chloe and Tori you can take the first one. Simon and Derek can take the second and I'll take the third."
It's a raid. The Edison group has finally caught up with us.
Suddenly a hand is over my mouth I struggle for a moment as Damien flips me around to show me his face. He puts a finger to his lips. When I nod he lets me go.
"Andrew there are people here. Three," the larger of the two men said. That's interesting. It's not just Aries who can't smell Damien.
Damien pulls me back into the shadows. My vision darkens and when I look down I see that my hand looks like a shadow. I glance back to where Damien should be and see more shadows. It's useful having rare demi-demons on your side.
The man begins to walk up the stairs. When he gets to the second floor I feel so exposed I'm sitting right where he's looking. Shadows snake around his ankles and up his legs, he can't feel them yet. I feel Damien trembling in concentration next to me. Suddenly the shadows yank the man to the ground. Damien and I flicker into view as controlling the shadows becomes too much of a strain on him. I stand up and look at the man's face seeing he's not really a man. He can't be more than 16. Damien sits there shaking with the effort of keeping him down as the other four rush up the stairs to help their friend.
I run down the hall and throw open Damien and Aries' door. I fly to Aries' bed and shake him awake. He whips his hand out reflexively and I go sailing across the room I crumple against the dresser, and pull myself up, knowing Aries won't care. He is sitting up in bed now hearing and smelling the fight down the hall. He grins and jumps up, turning into a wolf in mid-air and tearing down the hall.
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