“Close your eyes, Roxy,” Darius commanded as the baying howls of the Reaper Hounds signalled them taking up the scent again. “You close your eyes,” I bit back as he moved to stand in front of me with his axe raised. “I can use air and earth magic to sense where they are and flames clearly don’t bother them that much, so maybe you should just stand behind me.” “Not a fucking chance, gorgeous,” he said, smirking at me tauntingly before turning his back on me and hefting the axe in his hands.
