TOM BURST OUT OF THE airshaft and flew toward the school. Ahmity was his first and only chance to deliver his message without starting a wraith filled panic. As soon as he cleared the airshaft he saw the smoke. His heart sank. How could the trolls have reached the village so quickly and attacked in broad daylight? That was not the typical method of attack for trolls. They only attacked under the cover of darkness.
He dove down toward the school in time to see Ahmity and the human children disappear into the trees. Tom moved closer. They were headed straight for a band of half a dozen trolls, lying in wait. Pulling his wings against him, Tom dove toward the trolls just as Ahmity reached them. Slamming into three of the beasts, Tom sliced the head off the first with his razor sharp talons a
