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Damn! Orla thought and knew she was in trouble. Think harder. Orla searched her mind frantically for what her aunty had told her about Bricius, about his weaknesses. She had to make him angry. She’d done that. He was furious, and he was now burning. The internal flame alone would kill him. Once it caught, he could never put it out. But it was dying down now. Why? Think harder.
Bricius started laughing. “You were the smartest, the best in your clan. I was fond of you, and I regret having to lose you like this.” He laughed louder as the fire turned toward Orla.
She crouched and erected a protection boundary around her just before the fire hit. Its force was so strong that it knocked her out of her protection zone. She crawled on the ground, trying to avoid her own blade of fire. Regain
