Yakira’s fire was gone, but the soldiers were still whispering and pointing, like they couldn’t believe what they’d just seen. The snow on the ground had melted, and the air smelled like burnt earth.

Kieran stood in the middle of it all, looking both surprised and a little amused. “You still like showing off,” he said.

“ Consider that a warm-up.”Yakira shrugged,

From the balcony above, Lyra had been frozen in place, amazed. She had seen wolves shift, she had seen magic and ...