Chapter 40: Talfryn
He’d have to save Akton later. Talfryn curled around the weasel, hating himself for not moving before this. For letting Basil have his way with Akton, who wasn’t equipped to truly fight back. He tucked his head down, shut his eyes, screwed up his face, and constructed a fire dome around them. When Basil’s torrent of flame struck, instead of forcing it to bounce off, Talfryn ate it, consumed it in his own fire, quenched it.
It put his own out. He gasped, glanced out of the corner of his eye, saw Basil’s surprise. Iyona was staring, wide-eyed, and Talfryn tried desperately to still his shaking limbs. Basil needed to believe he was too much trouble to deal with, needed to decide Talfryn wasn’t worth it.
“Much stronger than you look,” said Basil. “We’ll make time to do t
