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Thera’s voice, shrill and furious, filled Jared’s mind in the same instant the Gray Lady hit the water Don’t use Craft!Don’t use Craft ! There’s a spell here that twists it and turns it back on you!
Jared veered to the right, downstrea Craft, he could have lifted her out of the water as soon as he caught sight of her and floated her to dry ground Instead all he could do was try to get ahead of her and think of so at trees to stay on his feet As soon as he had a clear view of the creek, he stopped and scanned the water, looking for so helplessly, slowly drifting toward the tangle of branches and debris
Slowly As if so the boy back As if so into the creek botto vile proot his hands on her, Jared looked around for so he could use to reach them Then he bared his teeth in a feral smile
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If he couldn’t use Craft to help, he would play the ga his right hand, he airound in front of a slie several yards downstrearound around the tree exploded, tearing out part of its roots before his Red strength rebounded, heading straight for hi the rest of the way down the slope
The blast of power sizzled over his head, tearing up the ground where he’d been standing
Cautiously raising his head, Jared watched the tree topple into the creek Still tethered to the land by as left of its roots, it bounced on top of the water
Scra as his feet tangled in subrowth Once he pulled free, he swa to reach Corry
It took seconds, seely centuries for his under hiainst his shoulders
Too long, Jared thought as he ducked under the water, clamped his hands around the Gray Lady’s waist, and yanked her to the surfaceShe’s been under too long
She gasped for air, sater, and choked Jared swore as he wormed one arm between her belly and Corry’s back to hold her up At least he didn’t have to worry about losing Corry She could barely breathe, and her ar to take a couple of strong hed up water, and Jared swore again
"Breathe, da to die just to get out of a fight!"
"Sounds fair," she gasped
Relieved that she could breathe enough to talk, Jared’s ar to play hop frog," Jared said, working to keep his voice cal that so to juHop frog Didn’t you play any gairl?"
"You can’t hop if you can’t touch the ground"
"The tallest one hops The shorter ones just hang on for the ride I used to do this all the tih It’s fun" And thank the Darkness Reyna had never found out about it
"Only a boy would think a stupid, dangerous gaot a lot of brass to call anything anyone else does stupid or dangerous"
Hethe current push theain On the second hop, his foot slipped and they all went under Since the Lady was too busy coughing and cursing hiain
They reached the toppled tree on the fourth hop
Jared grabbed the tree to keep his balance while he started to walk them toward the bank
"Jared!" Blaed rushed down the slope to the water’s edge Bracing hih to yank Corry out of the Gray Lady’s aret out of here Thera says a spell’s been triggered and the power feeding it is going to hit this place anytiht, and may the Darkness be ht the saddle horses," Blaed said "The others took the wagon and will get as far away as they can before it hits"
"Go," Jared said as soon as Blaed reached dry ground
Blaed didn’t bother to answer Carrying Corry, he climbed the slope as fast as he could
Jared half carried the Gray Lady the last few steps to the bank and didn’t think it strange that she was struggling so hard until she tried to take a step up the slope and al to push hi "Go"
"Feather-brained, rowled as he ducked under her batting hands and hoisted her over his shoulder "Stop squiret us both killed"
"I can--"
"Shut up," Jared said in a deceptivelyidiot--or a Queen--could have failed to understand
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