With my heart lodged in my throat, I glanced left and right, panicking as I tried to find each of my Coven-mates, but the dragons were fast. I barely had time to glimpse flashes of green and ivory scales before they were zooming by. They seemed to be plucking my crew off the ground and throwing them in the air to catch on the fly—and they all landed on the dragon’s backs as if they practiced this.

There was a flash of white light up ahead, drawing my attention, but it was only Tegan sending the big green dragon through a portal with a row of witches on his back. That ivory dragon swooped down low and grabbed Timothy and Kessler, tossing them onto his back with Cooper and Savannah before charging for the arch where Tegan waited to send them through a portal.

Fire shot across the sky. I looked up only to find it was Silas. While I’d been watching, he’d been burning demons out of the air. A navy-blue dragon carried Emersyn and Willow, expertly working together to kill demons without slowing. Silas roared and dove for the ground faster than I’d ever seen him move. The ice-cold air felt like the tips of blades as it cut across my skin. Tears burned my eyes, and the air was like fire down my throat. The massive black dragon was standing in the snow using its body to shield—TENN.

No wait, not shielding. Dragging. That black dragon had Tennessee gripped tight in both its hands and was forcing our Coven Leader off the front line. A wave of heat billowed out of Silas as he swooped down beside the black dragon, melting the snow right off the ground to reveal green grass. Then he turned and shoved his head into the black dragon’s side. The black dragon growled so loud the ground shook like an earthquake, sending three dozen vampire Sentinels crashing to the ground. But when I looked up, the black dragon was already halfway back to the archway where Tegan was waiting with wide eyes and a flashing green soulmate glyph.

Tenn was cursing violently and thrashing in the dragon’s claws.

Silas lifted off the ground just as Sam sped up to me with her bright-green magic coiling in her palms. I didn’t think, I just reached out and grabbed her hands and lifted her off the ground with us. I had to get Sam out of Avolire. She didn’t belong there with them. She’d saved our asses too many times. I had to repay her, and being kidnapped was a great cover for escape.

Up ahead that black dragon was struggling to hold Tenn, and I wasn’t sure why he was even trying. He was our best weapon against these Unseelie. A brown dragon carrying Bentley raced over and flew beneath Tenn like it thought he was going to break free.