Carrie gasped for air as pain she never felt before radiated through her. She gripped the hilt of the sword. Her hands shook as she shoved it deeper into her. She closed her eyes as Maverick screamed at her to stop. The fear in his voice shook her to her core. But she had to do it. She had to stop Myalagin.
This was the only way. Maverick closed his hands around hers, and tried to stop her.
“It’s the only way,” she said as she shoved it deeper. Myalagin gasped as the blade of the sword went deeper into his body. Her body shook with the pain, and she could feel that she was about to pass out. She stared at Mystic still on the ground, where Maverick had shoved her. She stared up at her.
God, she hoped this worked, Carrie thought. She hoped that Cien hadn’t tricked them like he had done
