"Wait, can you feel him?"
Kai was speaking with Azrael when he felt Luther's aura, it was cold and crawling across his spine like a warning.
"Wife, be careful!" he sent through the link to Ren, but there was no response. Nothing. His heart sank as dread clenched his chest, and in a blink, he vanished from the plains.
He reappeared at the garden, now it was the battleground where chaos had already taken root. Luther had cast a barrier around the venue, Ren was inside. This was the reason he couldn't hear his wife through the bond.
His men and the royal guards clashed with vampires, steel, and shadows colliding in a frenzy of screams and snarls. Lord Qowen lay wounded, bloodied but still shielding the girls with his body.
Then his gaze landed on Zaira's corpse. And Elaika…
Of course. Sigaros had warned him of this. No time to waste. He released the beast.
"Shadow," he growled, his voice razor-sharp, "Break the barrier."
