Chapter 29
Going down took much less time than climbing up. In a few minutes they were forty feet above the water, beneath the thick blanket of smoke and able to see the battle below. The time the battle had been out of view had made all the difference. The Enlightened had surged forward, moving past Abeyla and Jax, who fought each other head on now, throwing spells with such force the air crackled with the might of their magic.
The fire had disappeared from the surface of the lake. Magic from spells that had missed their marks remained in the water, dancing as vibrant, shimmering lights across the black. It should have been beautiful. But bodies lay in the lake, dark markers that marred the bright magic.
Maggie wouldn’t let herself count the bodies or study their clothes to see if they
