“When the shadow wielder comes to us—” “He won’t,” I snap. Power hums, filling me at a trickle as the sound of wingbeats fills the air. Tairn’s waking up, but whatever’s coming at us is coming fast. “He will,” she says in that same infuriatingly certain tone Xaden uses. Lightning cracks like punctuation, branching through the cloud overhead. She didn’t even have to lift her hands. Holy shit, I’m outmatched in every possible way. “And when you come with him, you will remember that I let you live today and choose me, not Berwyn, as your teacher.” She retreats step by slow step, extending her
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