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Fifty feet away a sailboat at anchor did not explode--there was no fuel on board It just erupted in a ball of fire that ran from stem to stern and swirled up around the mast It seemed to burn it to the waterline in seconds

"Dekka! Jack!" Astrid yelled "Orc!"

Dekka dropped froh a waterspout She had suspended gravity and risen above the explosion, but the fla from the soles of her shoes, and she let herself sink down into cooling water before saying, "Give me your hands, both of you!"

"No, find Orc! He can’t possibly swiht, and another boat and then another burned like torches The shore was all afla at the touch of the light One of the burning motor hoainst aoccupants

Dekka sucked air and dived under

A boy na, stopped suddenly, and was thrown into the air The green light found hi Gaia wasn’t just killing: she was playing

Edilio’s boyfriend, the Artful Roger, tried to grab soht reached the boat he called hoht was interrupted by a trailer between the boat and Gaia, so only half the boat burned

Roger recoiled, shouting for Justin, who he had cared for for er o feet behind the kill line Justin o feet on the other side, and was incinerated as Roger cried out in horror He tried to yell, but the heat sucked the air fro toward hi deck of the sailboat, and rolled into the water, unconscious

"Wake up," Caine said, shaking Sahly

"What the--"

"Get up You want to see this," Caine said, and trotted away, up out of the dip where they had decided to spend the night after a long day searching from the mine shaft down to the burned-out remains of the hermit’s shack

They had decided to leave the power plant for last and had been on their way to the Stefano Rey when night rolled over them

Sah point He instantly sahat Caine was pointing at Far in the north there were flaainst the sky

"The lake!" Sam cried

"I think we just found Gaia," Caine said "It’s probably, what, five ht be faster in the long run Cross-country like this it’ll take us--"

But Sa

Caine dashed after hi the forest to their left, until Sa to kill hi He forht in his left hand and held it at shoulder level It didn’t caston the faint moon