Chapter 35
Chapter
Thirty-Five
KILLIAN
My heart stops as fire erupts out of nowhere and devours a good portion of our forces—Alliance forces as well. No. Makers please don’t let it be where Thea was...
-THEA!-
Isolde roars, spraying her own blue fire again and lashing out with talons and her spiked tail as I cut through any Alliance forces who approach us.
We were making real progress, culling their numbers and ending their abominations’ threats, and I guess that was finally enough for Barony. He sicced his fucking fire bitch on us.
-Fine! We’re fine!- she assures us back, but I can hear the fear in her voice. The flames are snuffed out quickly, smothered in a heap of ice and snow. That’s my girl.
-Soren get her out of there!-
-Trying,- he growls.
I’m just about to send Isolde to go pick all of them up when the ice beneath us begins to crack. I lose my balance for a moment before righting myself. I frown realizing that the ground beneath my boots is...wet.
Oh fuck.
Isolde flares her wings, readying to lift us into the air but I tell her to hold. We need this position. We cannot lose the ground we’ve gained here.
But the lake is fucking melting.