But I felt them. I felt their terrified energy like needles pricking my skin. Golden magic sprinkled through the air, bringing that panic down a few octaves but not gone. Bright orange flames lit up the night sky from the other side of the lake by the entrance to Islands of Adventure theme park. That was Emersyn, it had to be, yet I couldn’t see her. I stayed crouched, firing my blue and pink magic into the sky every time I felt something near because it was growing harder to differentiate between them and the night sky.

“Attention Universal’s CityWalk patrons,” Tennessee’s voice rumbled through my mind with a calm, deep voice that did not portray the panic of the scene. “A tornado warning is in effect for this area right now. Seek shelter immediately. Large hail, strong wind gusts, and lightning to be expected. I repeat, please seek shelter immediately.”

I gasped. That was brilliant.

“Thiago, drop the air shield!” Tenn yelled into our minds. “Willow, block the civilians!”

I blinked and the sky was clear again. Sure, there were thick gray clouds, but I could actually see them now. And I could see the Unseelie. We weren’t supposed to be trying new tricks, but we hadn’t exactly had a team meeting on what we could do. Yet I was fairly certain dying wasn’t on that list, so I had no choice but to fire neon-pink laser darts into the Unseelies’ wings as they flew by.

And then all of a sudden, the Unseelies stopped and fled.

They took off in the opposite direction all at once.

I blinked and they were gone.

I stood up straight but held my hand out to stop Willow from moving just in case. Except when I glanced around, I saw only my Coven-mates and they were all wide-eyed with jaws slacking, staring at the sky with only twinkling stars peeking through the clouds to look at. I sighed and helped Willow to her feet. Together we walked over to our group.

Tim glanced to us and nodded twice, like he’d been counting. “You two okay?”

“Yeah.” I pointed up. “What the hell was that?”

“My sentiments exactly?”

“Bentley?” Tenn grumbled so low it was basically a growl.

Bentley shook his head and gripped his locket. “I don’t like it.”

Tenn cursed and chased after them until he, too, was gone.

“They took off,” Tim yelled, his gaze locked on something behind me. When I glanced back, I saw a group of warriors rushing toward us dressed in all black and strapped with weapons. Tim sighed. “Knights, thanks for coming. They took off. But be on guard. In the meantime, let’s secure the perimeter. We need to get the area evacuated and memories altered. You know the drill.”