Page 75 of Rage of Her Ravens

“Da.”

“They’re lying!” Draevyn roared, his flames arcing off his shaking hands. “They didn’t just disappear.”

“They did.” I looked from Draevyn to Blaze. “They’re at the last cave we slept in, and if that’s not safe, they are in the one before that.”

Blaze gave me a quizzical look. “How?”

I was very aware of the giants staring down at us like sentient statues, their rancid breath and smoke from the fires fogging the air. My throat constricted, making it hard to push out the words. “Because I told Aurora to teleport there if they were in danger.”

He gaped at me. “She can teleport?”

I nodded.

I couldn’t tell if the look in Draevyn’s eyes was one of censure or curiosity. “And she took her sister and our brother with her?”

Tears sprang to my eyes, as I heaved a sigh of relief. “She did.”

Blaze threw up his hands. “Holy elements!”

“I’ll send an aerial unit to meet them,” Draevyn said to us.

Blaze’s wings snapped open. “No. Let me go. I’m the fastest flier.”

Draevyn grasped his brother’s shoulder, no sign of the animosity from before. “You’re right. Go, brother.”

I latched onto Blaze’s hand. “Take me with you.”

Draevyn shook his head. “It will slow him down if he has to carry you.”

I shot him a glare.

“I’m sorry. He’s right.” Blaze squeezed my hand, the look of pity in his eyes making my gut roil.

I clasped his face, desperately searching his eyes. “Bring them home to me, and you come back to me, too.”

“I will, my love.” He kissed me, not tenderly or sweetly, but desperately, as if he wished to imprint the memory of my lips on his.

I threw my arms around him, moaning into his mouth, then crying out in protest when he broke the kiss too soon.

“Do I have your word you will take care of Shiri?” he rumbled while cupping the back of my head. It took me a moment to realize he was speaking to his brother. “That you will guard her with your life againstallthreats?”

“I will. You have my word.”

Eyes narrowing, I looked over my shoulder at Draevyn. Would he truly guard me with his life, or was he only trying to appease Blaze? His cheeks were flushed crimson, his eyes reflecting what appeared to have been longing. But, no. I had to have been imagining it. For the briefest of moments, I thought I felt the pull between us, the mating bond. I gritted my teeth, pressing against Blaze. I had the only mates I needed. Even if Draevyn had changed his mind, it didn’t mean I would.

“Shirina.” Draevyn held a hand out to me. “We should go.”

I clung to Blaze, shaking my head.

“Shiri.” I gasped when Blaze pulled away from me.

“Wait,” I said as the monsters continued to look down at us, their blinking eyes reminding me of curious children. “Trolls!” My siren’s call echoed around us. “Why are you here?”

The one named Gorin cleared his throat. “We sent to serve the white witch.”

They were sent? Who sent them? Not that it mattered. They were a long way from my sister. “You will not find her. She has gone on to Fallax.”

“Na.” The troll pointed at me. “She is there.”