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It was quiet and calht

"Jonny?" she whispered

Break the weapons to break their power A strange sense washed over her, and she wobbled, expecting a seizure Instead, the words repeated in her reen eyes, a stranger she didn't rean walking Her instincts tugged her in one direction, to the side of the e had once stood

The still forid She stared, unable to tell if he were alive or dead, and too shocked to see the god un and black shadows She ventured into it without hesitation, only for the first red lightning that touched her to shock her like Charles and his Taser

"Son of a bitch!" she shouted and leapt away

She eyed the loose power of Jonny It clung to the bushes and charred ree, and it stood between her and the Black God The sense they weren't alone was growing She didn't have tis to determine how close Valon was or just how hts flew to Brandon, and she prayed Charles was telling the truth about saving her brother

"This is gonna hurt" Ashley scouted a path as free of his h her as she leapt and sprinted, and she muttered curses with each new shock

She dropped to her knees in a space free of fog and lightning The ground around him was squishy and soaked with blood, and arrows stuck out of his back "Jonny!" She felt for his pulse It eak, shallow, his breathing almost too quiet to hear He ounded in ?"

Break the weapons to break their power

Ashley shivered, uncertain hohy soe voice was in her head Her focus shifted to the arrows She straddled Jonny's hips and braced one foot against his back to pull the arrows free Five grueling minutes later, all six were tossed to the side

"Break the weapons …" She eyed the arrowheads They were made of the same material the knife Valon left for her had been It didn't seem possible they had any sort of effect on him when they were removed

She rolled hi sent fire spiraling through her