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“Here!” Zoe shouted.
The clunk of levers and the sound of stone rasping over sand.
Perry surged his flame into the birds in a final blast of magic. As hands pulled him back into a dark cavity, he burned the last of the ibis, pushing them away as the door swung shut. He sank to the ground, retching and gagging as he spat out the remains of the dead creatures, the taste of the grave lingering in his mouth.
Perry explosively coughed up the last of the feathers, then sank back against the cool stone. “I really don’t want to go through that again.”
Sienna reached out and placed a finger on his lips, her eyes flashing a warning as she pointed into the chamber beyond.
They sat on a wide ledge above a gigantic cave, the cold of the rock and freezing air a welcome relief from the claustrop
