One of them makes the mistake of coming after me. He must have no idea who I am. I punch him in the face, and he drops like a rock. It’s all too easy to take his sword.
Turning from his unconscious body, I raise my weapon and yell, “The prison is ours!”
All around me, prisoners overpower the guards and grab their weapons. Bodies drop around us. I don’t like unnecessary death, but I’m trying to stop a bigger war here. Some casualties are expected. I fight other guards and prisoners alike, knocking them unconscious instead of killing them. Kassiel returns with Marcus, and our friends all get their cuffs removed at some point. Jonah makes our group invisible and we move away from the fighting as best we can, then spread our wings.
“How do we get to the women’s side?” I ask Bastien, since s
