Warriors of Poseidon 02 - Atlantis Awakening

bliss. But no one will ignore me any longer!! I'm taking over the Circle of Light tonight!" Lillian raised her arms and glowing balls of fire formed in her palms.
     
    Erin mirrored her action, calling her own fire, and Ven interrupted them. "Wait! How are you taking over the coven if you're here? Not to douse your enthusiasm, but the Circle of Light HQ is a couple hours north of here, depending on traffic. Of course, I guess you could ride your broom," he said.
     
    Lillian's face turned a vivid shade of purple, and she hurled one of the balls of witch fire at him. Erin threw a quick shield up, blocking it, and it bounced into a tree, which immediately exploded.
     
    "You idiot! I'm here taking care of you while Caligula and Drakos are in Seattle! I don't know why you're his obsession, but I'm not going to stand by and watch him drool over Atlantis Awakening – Warriors of Poseidon 02
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    you and your sister the way I had to watch your father drool over your mother. If you're dead, Caligula and I can focus on more important matters, like our plans."
     
    The Were next to her roared what was probably supposed to be a spine-tingling, terror-inducing roar. "I give it a six point five," Ven said. "Maybe throw in an extra point for pure ugly."
     
    The Were snarled at him and crouched, clearly preparing to attack.
     
    "No sense of humor in the pack these days, hmm, boys?" Ven said, drawing a dagger from its sheath with his left hand and holding up his sword with his right, then he glanced at Erin, who stood frozen beside him. "Why do they always have to blather on and on about their quest for world domination, the glory of evil, blah blah blah? If you knew how many times I've had to listen to this self-serving whale shit over the centuries, you might understand how much fun I'm going to have skewering these furballs."
     
    Erin finally seemed to snap out of the fog of pain and shock and betrayal that had paralyzed her, and she looked up at him, then back at Lillian. "One question, you traitorous bitch. What did you do with Berenice?"
     
    Lillian's lips curved in a smile of such concentrated malice that even Ven felt the chill of it snake down his spine. Then she held up her hands again, and the balls of witch fire raised a few inches from her palms, illuminating the dark red stains coating her hands and arms. "Even you should know that I needed a blood sacrifice to call the dark. Let's just say that it didn't have to be a willing sacrifice."
     
    Erin threw back her head and howled, a cry of such pure anger and grief that it rivaled the wolves' howls. "Then this is revenge, Lillian," she snarled out.
     
    "Try your best, Erin," Lillian replied. "Because I want you to know before you die that at least one of your sisters fell to my hand."
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    With that final thrust, Lillian said, "Go!" and the Weres attacked. Ven had time to see Erin throw an arrow of glowing witch fire at Lillian before the first ugly hulk of a Were was on him. He channeled water and smashed their front line with a six-foot-high tidal wave of everything he could pull to throw at them, but it only knocked them off their feet for a few moments and then they were back on the attack.
     
    He had time to think that he'd always been better with his blades than with calling the elements, and then all he could do was defend and attack—slash and stab and slash again, ducking and rolling and leaping as he did so, cutting down first one, then another.
    Flashes of lightning-bright explosions of witch light illuminated the sky over them, telling the tale of Erin's battle with the traitor.
     
    He fought furiously, slicing through hamstrings, through hearts, through necks, taking blows to his kidneys, his back, his head, claws and fangs and feet kicking and tearing at him until his skull rang from the pain and both he and his blades dripped with blood. He heard a distant roaring and realized it was him, calling Erin, calling Poseidon, shouting out his oath to protect her.
     
    He grinned—a fierce, feral baring of teeth—and the Were coming at him hesitated for a moment, staring into his face with its beast eyes, which gave Ven time to gut it on his sword.
     
    A loud, thunderous noise began to shake the ground around and under them, and Erin screamed. "Yes, sing to me, sing with me," she screamed, and he realized it must be the Nereid's Heart somehow responding to the gem singer. Then