31
The weapon’s hellfire died between them. Then it sputtered and went out completely.
‘What?’ Oberon snapped. He shook the Time Globe.
‘The elves,’ said Toby, astounded. He concentrated. His softly glowing aura remained but Oberon’s raging inferno had all but vanished. The final threads feeding him had severed. Only his dim heart remained. ‘Clara did it!’
Toby had no idea how she had gotten through to Stella, Jack and Melvin. Perhaps they had switched sides or were unconscious. All that mattered was that Oberon’s elven magic had gone.
Toby looked at the canopy, hoping to see the nightmare forest rotting now that Oberon had run dry but it remained as thick and haunting as ever.
It’s an illusion. Must be changeling magic, he concluded.
‘That’s it!’ Furious, Oberon spat as he spoke. ‘
