A Crown Of Fire And Wrath (The Shadow Walkers Saga #5) - Sloane Murphy Page 0,1

each other.”

She pauses for a minute, levelling each of us with a look that makes me feel like a naughty fucking kid—even though I did nothing wrong—before she looks directly at me again. “You fix it, or I will. We both know which is going to cause less bloodshed.”

“And you wondered why we were the protective ones,” Bryce mutters, looking towards Colt who rolls his eyes. I wait for the other three to start heading back towards the others before I make my way over. I’m not getting caught off guard by those assholes attacking from behind.

The Horsemen are all glaring at me, despite Caleb and Bryce’s flippant comments. Fallon hasn’t said a word, but I can see Marie talking to her quietly as the glow around her flickers. Her lips are pressed together, and if looks could kill… well, I’d be saying goodnight for sure. Colt moves over towards her and Marie, I guess trying to help talk her down. Between the two of them, they seem to have her covered.

I temper down the storm inside me that still threatens to break through, remembering that these people are Remy’s family. Our family. I reach the edge of the crown when Nonnie heads towards me, wooden spoon in hand, waving it at me like she’s going to use it to break me in two. Kain intercepts her with the help of Luc, who is also still just glaring at me.

“Stupid angel boy, letting my Remy get taken. Go and get her. Right now,” Nonnie insists, but I shake my head. “I said right now! Stupid boy.”

“It’s not that simple,” I sigh, and suddenly all eyes are on me again. I mean, I knew this wasn’t going to go down well, but fuck. When I get my hands on Michael, he is going to have a lot to fucking answer for. I take a deep breath before vowing to kill him again.

“What the fuck does that mean?” Malik asks, and I flinch a little at the venom in his voice. He and Killian might be the quieter two of that quartet but that doesn’t mean they’re not just as dangerous, if not more so. Never underestimate a Horseman. Too many people have died doing exactly that. There’s a reason they became a legend, even in the human realm.

I take a deep breath and run a hand through my too long hair. “It means, that I’m still banished from Avalon. I can’t just walk in there and carry her away.”

“The fuck you can’t!” Roman growls.

“I really can’t, not without declaring war. And unless any of you have secret wings, you aren’t getting in either. Plus, like I said before. She’s probably safer there right now.” I wave to the bloody remains of Bauer to prove my point. “Until we know exactly who the fuck is behind all of this, Avalon might just be a safe haven for her. No factions can get there. And if she’s with Michael, well, he’s the head of the Archangels for a reason. Though we can’t take too long deciding what the fuck we’re going to do, because like the Shadow Realm, time moves quicker in Avalon than it does here.”

“And he loves her?” Roman growls, his eyes flashing silver.

“Yeah. He has for a long time,” I sigh.

“Then she isn’t fucking safe with him,” Creek adds. “If he lays a hand on her…”

“He won’t,” I tell him.

“I don’t understand,” Kain mutters. “You said he loved her.”

“Safe haven or not, you need to get into Avalon and make sure she’s okay.” Morgan looks at me, her tone brokering no argument. Not that I’d try, like I say, the five of them might be able to take me, and I didn’t want to hurt them, for Remy’s sake. Plus, I don’t disagree with her.

“And I will. I’ll head there tomorrow, I think, for tonight we should let her rest. Michael will have been able to heal her, angel glass or no. She’ll still need time to recover from that.”

“He can heal damage by angel glass?” Morgan asks, her eyes wide and I nod.

“He’s a Shadow Walker. Same as Remy. Their healing powers are like no other. They just can’t heal that sort of damage on themselves. Nature’s balancing act. He just doesn’t advertise it, and he doesn’t tell many people because so many people fear the true power of a Walker. Plus, he has other powers too, so it’s never really questioned. I only know because Amantara knew. Like