Chapter 45
Noah flew after Bane and tackled him ruthlessly to the ground, pinning him there as he watched his mother’s lifeless body burn out of the corner of his tear-blurred eyes, and Lainie’s crumpled form twitch grotesquely. Blood was spurting across the cavern floor.
‘Bane! Please, listen to me. BANE!’
Bone hit bone painfully, as Bane’s elbow connected with his jaw but he managed to keep his hold. Just.
‘I can help her, please, listen!’
Bane’s struggles slowed a fraction.
‘I need to see if she’s alive, but you can’t follow,’ Noah begged. ‘Please! Do you think you’ll be able to help her if you’re dead? The sword doesn’t distinguish motives. If it did my mother would still be alive. If you get too close it will kill you too.’
The distraught Guardian stopped moving, squeezing his
