Charming the Alphas (Hex My Heart, #5) by Talina Perkins Read Free Book Online Page B

brushed a hand over the sore area and flinched.
    “Like he said, Mara, a lot has happened in the last day, hell, the last hour. Let us get you safe and then it’s all cards on the table.”
    She agreed.
    Metallic-tinged ley lines danced above them in the night sky and she didn’t like what that meant. Humans called them northern lights while otherworldlies knew them as the magick grid that crisscrossed the earth. When they radiated with this much intensity in her world, it meant a powerful warlock drew on the powers. From the zing of static along her skin, she’d say they had her location pinned and were closing in. Fast.
    Shit. “Uh, guys, we gotta fly... like right now.”
    “Got it.” Zane shot Lucian a look and then both turned to the dragons. “Looks like we might get a proper send off after all.”
    She’d never considered herself the nervous kind, then again, she’d never pissed off someone with enough magick in their little pinky to burn her at the stake with a flick of their wrist. Energy rolled along the winter night. Shadows shifted to reveal an ice blue dragon. Both dragons raised their wings and stretched their massive bodies until their snouts glanced across the heavens from her angle. Both let loose a bellow that fed into the ground with the strength of what she imagined would be Thor’s hammer. Obsidian dipped his head, shoulder, until his massive body lay across the quickly mounting snow in dark contrast.
    Wood splintered from a nearby tree and exploded, catching Lucian and her dead center with fragments.
    “Again!” This so needed to stop happening to her. “What is it with the fireballs?”
    Arms wrapped around her tight, Lucian shot her a glance and at this proximity she couldn’t miss the what the fuck do you mean gleam in his eyes. “You’ll explain later.”
    Yeah, she read that loud and clear. Way to go, Mara .
    “Och, get on.” Her thoughts slammed in reverse and left burn tracks a mile long. What the hell...? A deep brogue resounded in her head again, this time with a lot more ire.
    “Witch, I’m nae takin’ another fireball for ye. Get on!”
    Her eyeballs grew wide and her gaze shot to the midnight scaled dragon. You’re kidding me!
    Fierce growls tore from Lucian’s throat as power rolled along his body and fed into her as if he’d hooked car wires up to her metaphysical battery pack. If he’d been in protection mode earlier, that shoved him into to def con KILL mode now.
    Zane moved in closer, his eyes darting from one side of the surrounding trees to the other.
    “Get her outta here, now!”
    The force to shift rolled over their bodies and pulled something to life within her. How else could she explain the full body glow? She looked like one of those freaking glow worm nightlights. She flung back the coat and looked down the length of her body. Starting from the center, with every pulse of her heart a new wave of light rippled from her center into her extremities. Or what she could see of them. Not cool. Lit up like a flashing neon sign, Marabelle hunched into the tightest ball she could muster in Lucian’s grip.
    Lucian flashed a glance her way and he looked as bewildered as she felt. “Fuck. Zane, cover her!”
    Zane flanked her on one side while Obsidian did his best to position himself between them and the tree line. Lucian shielded her with his massive shoulders, but it only made the golden light shine brighter.
    “Time out!” She threw her hands up to form a T. “What,” Her voice cracked. “What the freaking heck is going on?” Fear had a way of taking the reins. Heat flushed along her skin and Lucian’s grew taut under her touch. His wolf sensed her freaking out. If she didn’t calm down, fur, scales and magickal fireballs would clash tonight with no predictable outcome.
    “Fight it, Lucian. Look at me.” Blue-crimson eyes roamed over her face and she momentarily forgot to breathe. When did that happen? And what did it mean? His eyes had been brown