Healed By My Mate

Evil Runs In The Family

Isabel

"Who are you?" I yell out to the strange woman.

An evil smile lights up the woman's face. "I'm the woman that is going to end your life." Her laugh hangs in the air around us.

The ugly sound made me balk, but I don't show it.

I wonder where Blake is. 'My love, we have a problem.' I reach out with my mind, hoping he hears me and gets here in time.

The moment his voice floats into my head I can feel myself relaxing a little. 'I know, I'm coming flower. Hide, I'll be there soon.

'Kyle's either dead or unconscious, I'll hold her off till you get here.'

'Isabel, no!' He screams into my mind and I hear a howl ring out over the entire forest and river valley. The sound is so loud I'm not sure where it's coming from. 

But I do know who made it and so does the witch.

The woman in front of me looks a little shaken up by the sound, but the fear in her eyes goes away as if it was never there at all.

I shift as I start running towards her, my fox form has the advantage of being quick and agile. Something I feel I'll need to win this fight.

She's throws fireballs at me as I race towards her. Every time it looked like I was about to be hit, I slid to the side.

I'm almost to her, when she shifts tactics, instead the winds around me start to pick up. I push with all my strength, lunging through the wind. My teeth snap closed on her ankle.

She lets out a scream, the winds dying down. Her fists rain down on my head.

I try to hold onto her leg. But her fourth hit to my skull sends a sharp pain radiating through it. I jump back.

My head really hurts, I shake it off and pull through. My eyes lift back to the woman, in time to see three fireballs in line headed towards me. There's no way to dodge them.

I close my eyes as I shift onto my two human feet, raising my arms I push a wave towards the fireballs.

But my exhaustion is effecting my magic, only two fireballs go out, the third hits me hard in the legs, knocking me over into the river beside me.

I call on Flora, as we hit the water. I always found her fox form easier to swim.

I think about just staying under the water, maybe she'll think I drowned but I can tell with my enhanced animal eyes that's she's getting ready to throw a lightning bolt at the river.

Which would fry me if I stayed in the water.

I'm panicking now as I surface, the wind picking me up and flying me above the water, back over to the clearing the witch stands on.

The wind lowers me back to earth a few feet in front of her as I shift back into my human form.

It hurts to stand but I can't show weakness, plus I can feel the familiar sting of my fox going to work on healing our body.

"Who are you? I don't even know you, why would you want me dead?" I ask her again.

She doesn't answer, just throws fireball after fireball. Each one blown into the river, with a gust of wind.

"Come on I feel like if your going to kill me pI at least deserve to know why!" I'm trying to get her to talk, hoping she'll stop and give Flora a chance to heal me.

Exhaustion is making me weak enough I don't need the injuries to make it worse.

Thankfully it works and she stops and puts her hands on her hips.