Everything moved in slow motion around me. I could barely stay awake, and Fitz never let go of me, if anything his grip increased. The phoenix glared at him with eyes of an raging inferno. It was smart enough to not unleash its signature attack and I was thankful for not being roasted alive.
I blinked and things changed. Ash’s fire serpent was coiled around Zoar’s mother. It’s mouth was wide open as it tried to bite her and she held it back with a hiss as her skin smoked. At least her attention wasn’t on me anymore.
Fitz pulled me close, his teeth grazing the spot where my artery hid in my neck. “Back off, Zoey, or I’ll finish our little blood bag right now.”
Zoar was breathing so heavy I found myself worried. But it wasn’t exhaustion, it wasn’t fear or anything like that, he was just p
