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And at least he could feel just how
misdirected my anger was.
    Kiran could sense my internal conversation with Avalon, even
though our connection through marriage didn’t give him direct access to our
mental connection. This annoyed Kiran to no end. As much influence as Amelia
and I had in our Kingdom, we left the military stuff up to the guys. And with Terletov’s
constant pressure lately, Kiran wanted to be able to talk to Avalon the way he
and I could. Instead, Kiran was forced to use me as an intermediary- which is
where the irritation came in.
    “Tell him that we’ll have to abandon the Citadel. We’ll regroup
and come back.”
    No. Avalon replied
adamantly, already hearing Kiran’s words through my consciousness. I won’t do that. If we let him have the
Castle, we might as well leave our crowns behind. If he has this stronghold,
the Kingdom’s his. The people will not follow exiled Kings and Queens.
    When I told Kiran that, he cursed and looked back down at
our losing battle. “They will,” he insisted. “And what choice do we have? The
human is just awake. Lilly and Talbott? I won’t risk Eden and the babies. You
have Amelia to think about.”
    Amelia can fight for
herself . Avalon shot back but he had softened.
    Angelica. I
whispered in to his mind.
    With a string of curses that put Kiran’s mild swear word to
shame, Avalon finally relented. Fine. But
we get the women and children to safety and then we get our asses back here. I
won’t let him have this place for long. I will not lose this Citadel. I worked
too goddamn hard to get her.
    I agree. And I did
agree. I relayed Avalon’s concession to Kiran who nodded grimly.
    I’ll get Amelia, find
Angelica and we’ll meet at the tunnels.
    Titus? I asked
after a mental calculation of everyone still at the Castle that had to be
evacuated immediately. There were hundreds of Guard here, but they should know
how to fight for themselves. And we needed them inside anyway for the return
attack.
    He went to secure
Alexi . Avalon explained. Reading my next thought, he said, He has a phone and we have worked out a
contingency plan. Don’t worry, E, he’s ready for this .
    Ok, we’ll see you in
the tunnels. And then we separated mentally so we could go about our tasks
of getting there.
    “He’s meeting us in the tunnels with Angelica and Amelia,” I
told Kiran.
    “Good,” Kiran stared down at the still ensuing battle.
“We’ll get Lilly and Talbott, Sylvia and the humans. The Witch will be on his
own. And the Guard should be able to handle themselves.”
    “It’s a good thing we sent so many with Jericho,” I dropped
my voice to a whisper when it sounded like Terletov’s men had made it inside
the castle.
    Kiran pulled me into a darkened room and shut the door
behind us. Booted footsteps could be heard outside our door, running up and
down the hallway with purpose.
    I stilled my breathing and felt the Magic that connected
Kiran to me hum to life in the most vibrant way.
    When Kiran and I were younger, and still forbidden, many
people tried to persuade me that Kiran was only after our combined Magic.
Although our Magic began to unite during our… whatever that was… two years of
playing hard to get, it wasn’t fully combined until after we were married and
had consummated our love.
    Talk about first-time fireworks- literally.
    The colors, electricity and eternal force that bonded us
together exploded that night into an entity so strong and powerful it scared
both of us at first.
    It took a while to get used to, to understand and control,
but the energy between us grew into potentially the most deadly weapon on
Earth.
    This was a fact that was often speculated about, but we kept
the details of our shared electricity to ourselves. It was something we hoped
we would never have to use.
    We had been wrong.
    But now it was our greatest asset.
    I could feel Kiran’s hesitation and reluctance to test our
strength with the babies so fragile and new inside my