The tower exploded and stone shattered around us. The force of the Shadow Drake's impact threw me off my feet.
I screamed as the ground beneath me vanished. For one terrible second, I saw nothing under me but the open air.
"Aria!" I heard a familiar voice scream.
An arm with great power wrappec around my waist. It was Kael. He caught me before I landed in the burning courtyard below.
The collapsing tower was not finished though. Another section of the floor came off and we both plummeted together
Kael turned to cover me with his body while we were mid air. With a horrible thud, his back hit the stone debris below.
I dropped over him. The impact took the breath out of both of us.
Neither of us moved for a few seconds.
"Kael! "
I pushed myself unto my elbows. His face tightened with
