Lyra turned her attention back to Kade in the arena, knowing that looking toward Merrow would only make her panic grow.
To her horror, she watched as the monster’s fingers crawled back toward its hand, reattaching themselves, as the gouges cut by Kade and the reflected magic filled themselves. The stone looked new, as if the golem had just been cut from a quarry and sculpted for Kade by hand.
Kade smiled, as if he understood something the crowd hadn’t yet figured out.
He burst into another sprint, right at the golem. It roared, stepping forward as it brought one of its giant hands down, and tried to smash Kade as if he were a bug. Kade rolled over his shoulder, his blade flashing as he did. The sound was deafening, metal screeching against stone, but as Kade regained his feet, the go
