Before Mallory could turn away from the mage she was attacking, Callum vanished. Smudge made his high-pitched warning sound and shock momentarily froze Mallory in place. Until the frogs turned their attention on her brother. She started to go towards Brodie. “Forget the frogs,” Ryan ordered. “Focus on the mage.” Having moved the animals back far enough, Danae joined the fight, Smudge remaining on Bobbi and continuing to make his warning sound. Danae shot an arrow at the mage. “I’m sure there’s a mage who breeds frogs and lives out from Wayholt.” Mallory tried to focus on attacking the mage. She wanted to keep checking her brother was okay and the sound Smudge made grew more piercing. “My pig took out one of these annoying little frogs,” Brodie said. “How cool is that?” Mallory smiled

