章 44: Chapter 44: Betrayed

I don't know if I would have stayed there and let Dominic take us at knifepoint, but I didn't get to find out.

The part of the shield generated by our mother seized on the scorching power of my demon and freed her to act.

My demon roared. Everything went to slow motion. I barely took the time to bend as I simultaneously lifted Meira into my arms and spun, taking the hallway at a dead run from a full stop before I even had a chance to know I moved. I had no idea what was happening behind me and really didn't care.

Time sped up back to normal as I slammed open the front door and hit the sidewalk running, Meira clutched desperately to my chest. I didn't know where I was going, what I would do when I made it there or even how I would figure any of that out. All I could focus on, breathe in, feel in every corner of me, was flight.