Grell stared at her like she was a mountain cat let loose in the city, then she stared back at the man she knew lying on the ground. "I'll hold him. I won't be movin' no more." Aenaila once again focused on the powers and on channeling them into the man whose life depended on it. She could feel them surging, could feel them spreading through his body. Grell shuddered. She must have felt the vibrations again, but this time, she didn't pull away. She squeezed her eyes tightly together and whispered prayers to her gods that everything would be all right like the healer woman said. And when the power surged up her arm almost to her elbows, all the muscles in her body tensed. She prayed more. Aenaila focused on the worst of the gashes, and then she imagined the power entering the other one's

