You should have told me this the first time we met instead of throwing all those ridiculous riddles at me,I shouted at the elemental.Now I’ll have to run. But I’ll return for you after I mate with the last of my mates. Can you hold on for five minutes?
I’d have to fuck Paxton quickly and then come back here. I could do it, and Paxton would be eager to come on board.
I charged toward the entrance of the tree like an arrow. Once I was out of the Realm of Ever, I’d teleport to my mates.
A force more powerful than anything I’d experienced hurled me back. I fought against it, but I felt like an ant going against a speeding train.
“Too late to run, little bird,” Ares purred.
A swirling red orb sealed the exit.
Dread rained down in me like acid.
“Fuckers!” I shouted, and I threw my hands up.
Two columns of the Flame of the Rainbows shot toward Ares and Lucifer, one to each. A golden shield appeared in Ares’s hand, and he raised it to block my flame. My twelve twists of fire sizzled against his shield but couldn’t get past it to reach its bearer.
“I commissioned my ex-lover’s husband to make this shield. It repels any kind of fire from a Titan,” Ares gloated.
Hephaestus, God of Metalworking, could forge any immortal weapon or shield.
Twin fires, black and red, rose before Lucifer, forming a shield around him. They were his signature hellfire, the same as mine, but way more powerful. My hellfire had one color, but he had developed two tones with extra power. Plus, he could draw magic from Hell.
My Flame of Rainbows crashed into his hellfire and fizzled out.
At this point, I realized that only Living Flame could match the combined power of the god and the devil, but I was stuck in here where I couldn’t get to Paxton, mate him, and activate my true flame.
I had only myself to blame. I should have just gotten over my grudge and fucked him when I had the chance. But my petty self still wanted to make the Demigod of Sea work harder before I let him get what he wanted so badly.
However, even without the Living Flame, my power wasn’t weak.
At my assault, both the god and the devil staggered back from the impact of my magic, surprise flitting through their eyes.
I called my hellfire. If I could add it to my rainbow flames and vanquish Ares first, I’d have a fighting chance going one-on-one against the devil.
My hellfire rose, coursing in my veins, but it wouldn’t come out to fight Lucifer.
“Coward!” I yelled at it, but still, it didn’t respond as it regarded the devil as its fucking family.
“Ares, you’re right,” Lucifer said. “If my stepdaughter comes into her full power, we might not subdue her.”
“So we need to bring her to your realm to remold her,” Ares said, “until she becomes ours—and finally mine, as we agreed upon. In the meantime, I’ll get rid of the demigods so no one will stand in our way.”
Icy fear filled my every fiber.
Septum,I called to the elemental.Help me fight them. Get me out of here, and I’ll come back for you.
It’s too late now, child,whispered the elemental in grief.You’ll have to go to Hell.
A shockwave slammed into my chest as both Lucifer and Ares tossed their power at me. I staggered back and pushed my fires toward them, but their combined energy beams intercepted my fires and cooped them up. Then their energy beams started to devour my flames, harvesting my strength and my power.
The god and the devil then pinned me down with their formidable, supreme magic, immobilizing a daughter of a Titan.