“Run, Anya!” Torian roared, his voice fierce.
I didn’t need to be told. The amber light was headed for me far too fast. I dropped the sword and lunged forward, taking Torian’s chair down with me. The net zoomed past where I had just been standing.
“Behind the pendulum,” Torian gasped, trying to push himself up from the now broken chair.
I used what strength I had to shove him, and he rolled. I snatched the sword back up, and we fell behind the massive swinging pendulum. I ripped the hood off, allowing myself to fully see unobstructed once again. The sheer noise of the TOCK-TOCK-TOCK and the violent arc of the pendulum gave us a brief cover.
Valerius roared, his fury growing by the second. “Idiots! The key! Get them!”
The two guards charged the pendulum, though it was obvious they
