Chapter 22. Death's Kiss Hello

Aria’s POV

Another loud bang had me stepping out of the wall's protection to survey the fight. May was already roughed up pretty badly, and Ares' lightning cloud was barely producing enough bolts to cause damage.

Another ice and fireball crashed into the blood wall. I rushed behind it just in time to prevent myself from getting splashed by molten lava. My heart thumped so hard I could barely hear the fight. Suddenly, something splashed on me from above. My first thought was liquid fire, but when the expected pain didn't come, I opened my eyes. My arm was red. It was blood.

"Shite," I cursed. The wall was melting!

I looked out again. The battle raged on.

"Cover me!" May yelled, just as the beast, a ghastly mish-mash of a reptile and an octopus, shot a flaming ball out of its mouth at her. She was open and unprotected. But just in the nick of time, a thin red bubble surrounded her and easily deflected the missile. Howeve