CHAPTER 34Mara’s hands flickered as she extended them over the edge of the overpass, sending bolts of electricity into the backside of the dragon on the street below. She winced when it howled but continued, until the structure below her heaved upward tossing her in the air. Without a handhold, she staggered down the slope of the collapsed roadway, heading for the cliff into the blackness below. She twisted and fell to her knees, her jeans providing just enough traction to keep her from sliding off. Once again, she found herself scooting up the precarious incline of the fractured roadway, resisting gravity and wet asphalt.
Just as she approached the level portion of the overpass, the dragon’s tail swung up from below and struck the balustrade next to her head, sending a pile of concrete r
