King Gaius shakily rose to his feet though the ground was still shaking horribly, his furious gaze searching the temple until it landed on Cleo. He didn’t notice what was right behind him. A marble pillar had dislodged from the broken roof and was falling. The king was directly in its path. But before he was crushed, Magnus launched himself toward the king and knocked him out of the way. The heavy pillar crashed, shattering into hundreds of pieces on the still shaking ground.
