Mathena ran after Samuel, raising her power as she went. Casting her arm out, she forced a powerful bolt at the creature with the intent of freezing all the water in his solid body. The recoil from the amount of power she’d released sent her careening backward to hit a tree trunk. Mathena cried out as pain lashed up her spine, and she struggled to focus on the monster striding away from her.
Throwing power at a solid brick wall would’ve had more effect. Samuel continued across the parking lot toward the unsuspecting couple like nothing had happened. All she’d succeeded in doing was beating herself up.
Frantically, Mathena cast about for other weapons to use and came up empty. She’d never dreamed her best weapon, her magic, would be useless.
She did have the small, pretty copper blade he
