Chapter 34
Caedmon had no choice but to send in his mind blade and cut a gap in the icy surface of the lake beneath Tomkin’s feet. He didn’t know whether it would work. His mind blade normally worked on a larger scale. He could cut a high-rise in half, for example. But the space in the temple wasn’t ideal. He didn’t know if he would be able to operate effectively in such a small area.
As he expected, the ice cracked. But not enough for Tomkin to fall through. To ensure Tomkin fell without discharging himself as a bomb, Caedmon jumped over to him, landing as heavily as he could on the ice. He broke a hole through the ice and dragged Tomkin down with him.
“Keep the light on,” he said to Alyna on his way down.
He didn’t know much about the Amaraq mage tribe. He wasn’t sure all mage tribes
