The shadow moved forward, splitting into two and dread filled Mia’s stomach. No way could she take two of them, especially with her untrained magic. And even more so while she had a child to keep safe. Which meant that really she needed to confront them while Fiona wasn’t close.
“Stay here,” she whispered, and Fiona nodded, slipping one of her thumbs into her mouth. Damn, being around a child was making Mia kind of broody. But no way was she ready for parenthood. Though maybe now she’d met Felix it wouldn’t be as far off as she first thought.
She stood up, walking as quietly as she could towards the two figures. When she was a few metres away from where Fiona was hiding, she summoned her magic again, not trying to form it into a ball this time, but instead letting the sparks crackle out like lightening, filling the room with pale blue flashes. There was a feminine squeal, which surprised her, there’d been no women around when Skyler had arrived with her.
She cracked her magic again, letting the room light up, but this time something caught her attention and didn’t let go. There was a familiar sent in the air, like an autumn breeze coming in through the trees. Something about it soothed her, and her magic began to wane. Which couldn’t be happening. How the hell was Mia going to get out of here if her magic failed? It wasn’t as if she had any self defence skills to fall back on. Maybe she should do something about that.
“Mia?” a steady male voice called out. One that she recognised, and not as the man that she thought she’d cared for for months. Her magic dropped, and she did with it, just about managing to catch herself on one of the desks that was next to her.
“Felix?” she asked, her voice barely above a whisper. She didn’t want to speak any louder in case Skyler had returned. Which just made her wonder where the hell had he got to, and more importantly, what was he up to.
“It’s us.” The shadow moved forward, with the second one coming to meet him. If the man was Felix, then that must mean that the woman was one of her sisters. Probably Faye, she’d be missed less than Bex would. It would certainly cause a stir if the bride disappeared from her own wedding.
“What are you doing here?”
“We came to find you,” he said, taking her into his arms and pressing a kiss to her forehead. She instantly felt better, her magic sparking back to life as it came home. Odd thought maybe, but it was what it was.
“How?”
“I just followed the bond. We’re the real deal, Mia.” She laughed softly.
“Yeah, I kind of figured that.” He leaned down and pressed his lips to hers, kissing her tenderly, but not with quite the fire he’d kissed her with earlier. That could come later. That would be coming later if Mia had anything to do with it.
A shuffling noise distracted Mia, and she broke away, glancing behind her to find that Fiona had come out from behind the desks. If Mia hadn’t been so relieved that Felix had found her, then she’d be annoyed that the girl had put herself so at risk by leaving safety.
“Fiona?” The little girl ran up to Mia, and wrapped her hands around her legs. She dropped down so that they were eye to eye. “We can go now, somewhere safe. Then we’ll get you back to your Daddy.” The little shook her head.
“Don’t want Daddy. Want Mummy.”
“I don’t know where your Mummy is,” Mia said gently. “But we’ll do everything that we can to find her.” Fiona nodded enthusiastically, sticking her thumb back into her mouth. Mia picked her up in her arms and passed her to Felix, who took the girl without question.
“You brought a car?” He nodded. “Take her there, please.”
“Okay.” He ushered Faye with him, not questioning what Mia was about to do. Which was good, he might not approve if he had any idea.
Mia focused on her magic, pulling it into her and focusing on the building sensation. It wasn’t angry anymore. It was more resigned. She wasn’t all that sure that she wanted to do this, but really there were no other options. She might not know where Skyler was, but she couldn’t let this place stand. When she’d gathered all the power she could, she unleashed it, sparks flying everywhere as it ripped the warehouse apart brick by brick, somehow avoiding the bubble surrounding Mia.
Chapter Twenty
The car ride back had been quiet, and the little girl that Mia had found had spent the entire ride wrapped around Felix. While he was glad that she was safe, and he assumed that she was Robert’s missing daughter, that just raised a lot more questions than it answered. Like why Robert and his daughter had been singled out in the first place, and how Mia had managed to level an entire warehouse without much of a thought, especially given that she claimed not to be powerful in the slightest.
The walk up to the reception hall was dragging, and he held out his hand to Mia, who took it instantly, leaving Felix feeling rejuvenated just by touching her. He looked up to see Bex coming out of the door with Reagan in tow, a relieved look on her face. From her place on his shoulder, Fiona perked up and looked around, leaning out and doing grabby hands in Bex’s direction. Which was a little odd to say the least, but he was prepared to go with it. Fiona was Robert’s daughter after all, and if Bex had been pretending with him for a long time, then it was likely that they knew each other. Felix let go of Mia’s hand so that he could put the little girl, and he smiled as she ran towards Bex.
“Mummy!” He glanced quickly at Mia who was looking between Fiona and Bex in rapid succession, her hand flying to her mouth.
“Fee.” Bex collapsed to the floor, her princess style wedding dress ballooning around her, and she paid no attention as the little girl trampled all over it and into her arms. Both of them were had tear tracks down their faces, and seemed to be repeating one another’s names over and over again.
“What?” Faye’s face said it all. Almost like she couldn’t believe what she was seeing. Felix couldn’t either.
“You never said Bex had a daughter,” he muttered quietly to Mia.
“I didn’t know.”
“And she said the girl that had been taken was Robert’s daughter.” He frowned, something wasn’t adding up.
“But she can’t be.” Mia looked at her sister with a peculiar expression on her face.
“Robert doesn’t know,” Reagan said as she reached them. “He thinks Fiona’s his, but she’s not.”