Chapter 693: Leave That One Intact
Ira moved before the heron finished opening its wings.
She ran along the inland side of the ledge, passed its lowered beak, and struck the rock beside its feet with a narrow thrust of flame.
The bird lunged after her.
Ira let it follow, keeping her retreat along the bare stone beyond Seraphine's chosen boundary. Its beak punched through the place where her shoulder had been. She caught the shaft of her lance against its neck and turned its next strike farther inland.
Lightning burst from its feathers.
Vyra's Crownfire rose between the bird and the crystal beds. The discharge struck the low curtain and scattered within it, contained before it could reach the nearest growth.
Leon stepped beside Seraphine and bent the space above and around their section of ledge. An arc striking the boundary would turn away rather than cross it.
He left the working area open around the three of them.
