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meant. If the witches’ spell worked and they found me what would happen then?
    Dragons, said the voice.  A vision flashed into my mind’s eye of the turret and Alec and the magic denied. They’d hit Alec with a direct strike and nothing had happened which meant…
    “They can’t touch me here,” I said, wonder filling my voice. Pushing against the men, I wiggled my way free.  Hands raised in the air, I screamed, “Bring it! Come on you sadistic bitches, just try and take me now.”
    The storm, which had paused for a moment, gathered itself and surged right for me, electricity snapping in the air. My long tresses didn’t just stand on end, the energy yanked at them until I thought it might actually pull my hair out of my head.  Lightning cracked the air like a bull whip, striking the turret, but never coming close enough to actually touch me.
    I threw my head back and laughed, feeling powerful instead of hunted. The wind convulsed around me, angry and thrashing. Neon blue and brilliant white flashed as thunder boomed, but as loud as it was, I refused to move. The running stopped here.
    My moment of glory was ruined when Alec grabbed me and dragged me back through the door. I fought him, not wanting to leave, not understanding what was happening. It wasn’t until I saw Malcolm standing in the spot I’d been, lightning webbing over him like rope that I realized the truth.
    I hadn’t been safe.
    I wasn’t untouchable.
    The voice had lied.
    No,  it said immediately, tone sharp. Dragons.
    Then Malcolm blinked out of existence, the storm disappearing with him.
    “Malcolm,” Alec cried out. He ran outside while I stayed in the relative safety of the stairwell that led to the turret. Kneeling, he planted a hand where his brother had been as if hoping to grab Malcolm and bring him back, but that didn’t happen.
    Alec looked over his shoulder, anguish furrowing his forehead. “Where is he?”
    I shrugged. “I don’t know.”
    He jumped to his feet and was in front of me before I could blink. Shaking my shoulders, he asked, “Find out.”
    I pushed him away. “Don’t touch me,” I said, my voice an angry hiss.
    “They were after you. Malcolm has been taken in your place. You have to tell me where he is so I can save him.” Alec’s hands dropped at his side and I could see how hard he worked to remain calm, taking deep breaths and clenching his jaw to hold his emotions in check.
    Heavy steps pounded the stairs behind me. The other brothers hurtled toward us, their faces twisted with worry.
    Gavin arrived first. “What happened?” he asked, not even out of breath after bounding up what I’d counted earlier as two hundred steps.
    Niall came right behind his brother. “Malcolm told us to stay inside, but then we heard him yelling.” His brown eyes searched my face. “Is everything okay?”
    Alec shook his head. “Nay.” He held up his hands. “Malcolm is gone.”
    Gavin’s eyes went wide with shock and his mouth fell open. “What do you mean he’s gone? What about the curse?”
    “How many times have we tried to destroy that bloody spell or even tunnel under it, only to find it unbreakable?” Niall asked, his lips a thin angry line as he looked from me to Alec and back.
    “I donna know what happened, brothers.” Alec pointed to me. “But she is the key to fixing it.”
    I edged back, eyeing the distance between me and the dragon brothers and the stairs leading to the ground floor of the castle. Given how fast Alec had moved earlier, I doubted I would make it, and the voice wasn’t helping me either, trusting in this delusion that a band of cursed dragon shifters was somehow my salvation.
    Niall, catching the direction of my gaze, stepped to block the way to the stairs. “What do you know, lass?” His voice was gentle, but steel gleamed in his eyes. Fiery, red steel that would not hesitate to burn me if it became necessary.
    “I don’t know anything.” I crossed my arms.
    “Some maiden she