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Penny had reacted faster to Diana’s warning She was already ht Half of Penny’s hair frizzled and burned, leaving a terrible s forward, his terrible whip at the ready, searching for a target Light sliced deep into his side He spun and fell But even as he fell the burn was healing

Diana saw Saet down!" and fired at the spot where Drake had been a split second earlier

Suddenly, revealed by the flash of light from Sam’s palms: Caine

It had been four ether they had made Gaia

Their eyes met Caine froze He stared at Diana A look of pain creased his brow

That

Caine reeled back, slapping at his body with hands weirdly encrusted on their backs Slapping and yelling, and then Sa, "It’s Penny, it’s just Penny, Caine!"

Caine seeh barely, and for only a moment as he raised his hands and, with a wild sweep of both hands, flung Penny into the dark

It was a erous

Sa bea for her A flash of Penny, running But when the bea sand to bubbling glass, she wasn’t there

Penny was not there Astrid was

Astrid in fla There was a sle flaes of that fire ate at her forehead and cheeks

"Astrid!" Sa off his shirt to smother the flames when she suddenly ballooned, like a marshmallow dropped into a fire She swelled and her skin turned charcoal and her eyes were just sone

Salow of the child in Diana’s ar calmly toward Quinn

Caine? Where was he?

Sam heard the sound of a whip He ran toward that sound, but now the darkness had closed in and he had to toss Saately in order to see

"Quinn! Run! Get out of there!" Sam yelled

He watched as Quinn started to make a brave show of it, then he realized it wasn’t so much brave as stupid

It was several , but just now returning to consciousness There was a livid red mark around Caine’s throat

He sat up, then accepted Sam’s extended hand

"Drake?"

Caine nodded and rubbed his neck "But it was Penny who distracted me You?"

"Penny," Sam confirmed