Their answer came through the stairs.
Explosions tore out the supports beneath the upper flight. Paving crashed onto Kaelira's rune-lit shoulder, driving her down with a grunt as she wedged her hammer under the slab to keep it off the women behind her.
"I can't hold the whole thing!"
Aurora's shield covered their retreat while Quinlan caught the collapsing stone with an earth spell. He wrenched it toward the harbor, tearing the weight off his smith before the rest of the stairs could bury her.
*CRAAASH!*
The impact flooded the lower dock. Malvek rode the surging water over the shattered landing, using the collapse to get past Kaelira and reach the women she'd been shielding.
Seraphiel met him with two blades of light.
"You wanted the healer, didn't you~?"
His answer forced both light blades toward her throat. Sera gave ground, letting Lucille hammer his flank, but the torrent he threw over them sent both women skidding toward the broken rail.
"[Undertow]!"
