A high tone rang in my ears, chirping together with the low rumble of earth shattering and wood breaking. Panic thudded through my head, following the rhythm of my quickened heartbeat.
Danger. Danger. Danger.
The world shook, my vision blurred, the colours reduced to blurry shapes and spots. The magic within me shrieked, shielding me against the sudden assault. It brought the dark wings from my shoulders, which had wrapped around me in a desperate attempt to protect me from the tornado.
I didn’t know where it had come from or how nobody had felt it coming. We were children of the Wind, this was our nature, our mother. Why was it attacking us? Why was it hurting me?
My wings pushed back against the relentless, invisible barrage. This wasn’t a normal storm, it reeked of magic. Someone ha
