"No!" Adam cried, desperate for Kyren's life.
He forced himself upright and lunged forward, but his body collapsed instantly with a loud groan of pain.
The injury in his thigh was far worse than he'd thought. Blood streamed down his leg, and a searing bolt of agony tore through him as the muscle ripped from the sudden movement.
Fear and shame swallowed him whole. Before he could even lift his head, he heard it—
'Shing!' and then, 'Baam!'
Brone's body ricocheted violently, thrown backwards as if he had slammed into something impossibly solid. He crashed onto the ground with a deafening thud.
On the far side, Derek flinched at the noise. Had Brone launched a brutal attack on Kyren solely to kill him and completely ignored Anna's life, the very person they were after?
"Sh*t!" The mage cursed and sprinted toward the scene.
