“I’ve got this. Call everyone back to the city.”
“And leave you here? No f*****g way,” I said, a growl in my voice that I couldn’t stop because the pain was too much.
It grew in my bones, making me shake as I watched her shake her hands out, then rub her stomach right before her hands glowed.
I wanted to stop her. This fire was unlike anything we had dealt with, the magic in it something we hadn’t anticipated, and the power tasted acidic against my shadows.
I didn’t want it near her, but there was a reason she was given this magic, and what if this was it? What if she held the only magic that could beat it in her veins? I had to trust her.
“That’s right, you do.” She grinned, then threw out her magic. It was an intense purple that left a mist surrounding it as it created a wall.
