Chapter 14
It was a strange phenomenon: magic. One moment, unchained power ripped through Rissa’s body and every possibility spread out before her.
The next, her knees buckled and she fell to the earth without the strength to even stand.
She toppled to the side and rolled onto her back. As she watched the strange silver smoke curl into the atmosphere, her lungs struggled for breath.
Was this what it meant to be all-powerful? To experience weakness as intense as any strength? Adrenaline buzzed in her mind. They’d done it. When they’d first arrived at the village, she’d thought it was lost to them.
But maybe that was the point.
Nothing was lost to them anymore.
Nothing was impossible.
Even Calis Bearne was beatable.
Her eyes found Davion as he ran through smoke and rubble to reach h
