\u201cWhat the hell are you\u2014\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cMove<\/em>!\u201d<\/p>\n The vehemence made both Seamus and Leinth flinch. Neve, startled and mostly limp in her cousin\u2019s arms, peered over the once-druid\u2019s shoulder toward the end of the bridge. There was something out there, something that made dread and sickness coil together in her belly to spawn something utterly awful.<\/p>\n Are those eyes?<\/em> Something gleamed in that fog, faint and almost ephemeral, almost undiscernible in the darkness. Neve\u2019s fingers tangled in the sleeve of Phelan\u2019s jacket. A small figure emerged from the fog, then another, then a third.<\/p>\n Their baleful, hate-filled gazes made her blood turn cold.<\/p>\n Seamus saw her looking, turned, swore.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019ll hold them,\u201d he said, drawing the blade he wore in a scabbard against his spine. \u201cGet back inside your wards.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cFuck that,\u201d Phelan said, spinning. He set Neve carefully on her feet and grabbed for Seamus\u2019s sleeve. \u201cWe just found you. You\u2019re not throwing your life away that easily.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cHe\u2019s right,\u201d Leinth said as she pulled Neve\u2019s arm over her shoulders. \u201cCan\u2019t you feel it? Those things…what drives them…\u201d<\/p>\n If it was enough to make Leinth shudder, any sane person should have run screaming.<\/p>\n Apparently, Seamus Vaughan was no longer entirely sane.<\/p>\n He shot his cousin a steely glare. \u201cGet them out of here,\u201d he growled. \u201cI\u2019ll hold them and join you.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cLeinth, take Neve and get clear. Warn the others.\u201d Phelan picked up his staff, fingers flexing around the carved wood. \u201cI\u2019ve faced these bastards before, Seamus,\u201d Phelan said. \u201cI\u2019m not going to leave you here alone.\u201d<\/p>\n Neve\u2019s heart seized in her chest and when she looked at Leinth, she saw similar indecision in the other woman\u2019s expression.<\/p>\n \u201cWe have to warn them,\u201d Neve whispered.<\/p>\n \u201cIdiots,\u201d Leinth said, tears sparkling against her lashes in the darkness. She wrapped her arm around Neve\u2019s waist and hauled her toward the end of the bridge and the wardlines beyond. \u201cFucking idiots.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" \u201cWhat the hell are you\u2014\u201d \u201cMove!\u201d The vehemence made both Seamus and Leinth flinch. Neve, startled and mostly limp in her cousin\u2019s arms, peered over the once-druid\u2019s shoulder toward the end of the bridge. There was something out there, something … Continue reading