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“Wait,” she hissed to it, excitement running through her at the thought of finally unleashing it—this power that Enzo had forced her to love. A deep pull in her gut made her look to the sky briefly, the moon above her full for the first time since she had awoken.
She closed her eyes, summoning a wisp of her magick, and as the sailor leaned into Merissa’s waiting arms, Elara struck.
Only a ray of moonlight touched him, and yet the man before them crumbled to dust, his lips still parted in a scream that didn’t have time to reach them as he died.
“Holy shit,” Merissa whispered, frozen as Elara stared, wide-eyed, at the confirmation that her powers hadn’t just been a fluke in Isra’s chambers.
“Merissa,” Elara tutted, preparing for the next Svetan making his way to them, “you don’t swear.”
Chapter Forty-Nine
Enzo’s blood itched and leaptfor the fight. With his power trapped for so long in his veins, he roared as fireballs punched out of his hands, making their mark in the Svetan ship’s side. The crew cheered as the Svetans’ ship lurched.
Enzo squinted, scanning the Svetan crew, looking for their captain to take him out. Enzo had learned in life that if one severed the head of the monster, the rest usually followed. A slow grin came to his face as he finally laid eyes on the captain.
The man was a brute, tall and blonde, his hair shaved on the sides and braided into one long plait that snaked down his back. He had symbols, runes it looked like, tattooed in columns down his face, three lines of script. And his eyes were a piercing blue. But they were calm and smiling, as though he revelled in the Lion’s attack. Yes, Enzo thought, a challenge. This was going to be fun.
The captain raised a hand, as though in salute. Enzo’s eyes narrowed then widened as he realised what the captain was doing. The Starred Siren’s main weapon was the crew’s ability to wield water, the only way that they could chase out the Svetans. And the captain only grinned as he slowly curled his hand into a fist and began to freeze the ocean.
“Damn it,” Enzo yelled, pounding towards Adrian who was focusing on churning up a tornado made of water. “They’re freezing the fucking sea.”
“You think?” Adrian yelled. “Good thing we have a titan of fire and light amongst us.”
Enzo chuckled. “Growing fond of you, Adrian.”
Adrian rolled his eyes, gritting his teeth, raising the whirling waters with his hand. “Now would be a great time to use it,” Adrian yelled before hurling it towards the enemy ship. Enzo counted down, seeing the Svetan raise his hands to freeze and move the oncoming threat of Adrian’s tornado of water. Just as the enemy captain curled his fingers, Enzo shot a throw of fire through the water, punching any ice from it and allowing the tornado to make its mark.
The ship hurled sideways as the Svetans yelled, some gripping the sides for dear life as water flooded the deck. It was already pouring through the holes made by Enzo, but the crew underneath was tamping it down by transforming the water to ice.
“Enzo, I’m going to need you to keep melting the ice,” Adrian ordered, “otherwise we’re fucked.”
A giant sphere of ice soared towards Enzo, and he swore, ducking as Leo’s light surrounded him, blasting the rock to smithereens.
“You’re welcome,” Leo winked before running off to the other side of the ship.
“Where’s Isra?” Enzo called after him.
“Isra’s still in the crow’s nest, using her own ice to wreck their ship,” Leo laughed.
“And Merissa?”
“Merissa’s with Elara, and they are quite the duo. Merissa’s charming the poor bastards for Elara to take out.”
Enzo raised a brow, impressed, as he turned to look for Elara. Where was she?
He marched higher to the stern to get a clearer vantage point. The Svetans were smart; he had to give them that. Already the crew members were focusing on creating a path of ice, its cold claws slowly crawling across the sea towards them. He scanned the deck for Elara, knowing full well she could handle herself. Pride flared in his chest as he finally tracked her, and he stood still.
Elara stood in her own circle, Merissa with her, a litter of crumbling bodies in their wake. The few Svetan pirates who had managed to cross the ice or swing from the ropes had been killed, and she barely had to lift a finger.
Fuck, he was going to make love to her later, hard.
For now, he blinked and let the killing calm take over him, the slow roar around him becoming quiet. Fire billowed out of him like a wall, instantly melting the ice path that the Svetans were scurrying across and dropping them into the ocean. On and on he went, relentless, his power stronger and brighter than ever.
But the captain of the Svetan ship was still making his mark, The Starred Siren rocking as balls of ice pelted the sides of the ship.
“We need to get onto that ship,” Enzo shouted over to Adrian.
The pirate took his eyes off the Svetans for a moment. “I’m not leaving The Starred Siren.”