Chapter 114



*Colette*

Percy's hand steams, smoke rising at an alarming rate, a grimace forming on his face as Jennifer tries to transform. A bright orange orb bounces in her throat, as if her flame is trying to break free to take over, and Percy is the only thing keeping it in. He lets out a pained scream as he releases her, but he doesn't back away as she gasps for air.

"We should go,” Merikh whispers, pressing at my lower back. My cheeks grow warm, my jaw clenching in frustration.

"The hell we will," I say, sparing him a moment, before gluing my eyes onto Percy once again. "She killed Penny, and then she tortured me for days. And what she did to my mom-"

My voice breaks and I clear my throat, focusing on Percy as he ducks under Jennifer's arm, gliding to the left as she lunges forward at him. Flames shoot from her mouth as she whips around, trying to catch him as he rolls away.

Merikh pulls me further from them, giving them space as I watch anxiously. We could join in, help him finish her and make this end faster. But I need to watch her suffer as much as Percy needs to be the one who kills her.

It won't fix us, hell it will probably only make us feel better for a moment, but when time is the only thing that heals pain, you need a hit of something to hold you over until that time comes.

This is that moment. That memory when I close my eyes and I remember how it feels to have her hit me, or the sounds my mother made screaming by Jennifer's hands, it will dull the ache. From a place that hurts to one that numbs, never erasing it, but at the very least feeling like we got fucking retribution.

"Percy will be fine. I have faith in his skill and his anger." Merikh says.

"I do too, but I need to see this," I whisper. Merikh's hand tangles with mine as he sighs.

"Then we stay and we watch her be destroyed."

Jennifer roars out, her head falling back as flames shoot straight up into the sky, the leaves of the trees near it recoiling from the heat before catching fire and falling to the ground.

and taller. I have seen a few varieties

wind tunneling toward us and she flaps faster, preparing for takeoff. Her eyes cut to me and I grin, knowing she

Percy by taking her gaze off of him

wing as her legs lift off from the ground, both claws sinking into the thin, paper like veiny skin. She squeals in pain as his fingers rip through with ease, shredding her flesh before her swipes again and again. Small blood stained bits flutter to the ground

my hand, my side landing hard on the dirt ground with a whoosh of air knocking from me. I turn, wheezing as I

myself up as Percy leaps onto her back and she tries

scales and he slips down toward her neck. I rush toward Merikh who opens his eyes and

hand to his shoulder being in her mouth as he wails out in agony. My hair stands on edge as I rush to stand, forcing

Her back is to me, and Percy is nowhere to be seen from the angle.

no!" I ramble, my eyes misting with tears as my skin feels like it is crawling, every bit of me hyper aware of what the fuck is going on. Jennifer has taken out an entire family and tortured mine. I should have just helped him kill her. I should have just told him to end her and not

right shoulder droops and his eyes a full black

toward him, her jaw at an awkward angle, and I see flames dripping

the side; her balance off from her wing and her dislocated jaw as she lands on a tree

he reaches her, he grabs her by the ankle, dragging her toward the center of where they had

he kneels

to get the words out and I growl in

outnumbered her." I hiss, and she turns her

grasps her cheek, and she cries, trying to

me when I am killing you,"

glance around, looking where Merikh had been laying only to find him gone. My eyes

I rasp out, my mouth

at him. He appears to be okay, his eyes

is the moment you have been looking for," he whispers, giving

stick, holding it over her chest as she cries, trying to fight him off, losing to his

help you-" she sputters out, blood

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