Danilo's shields collapsed, along with Femke's. And pretty much everyone on the lawn and the steps. Even I fell to my knees, the wards created by the Enforcers dissipating with a pop so loud my ears ached. The drach overhead roared, the earth under me shaking from the volume and pressure of their power.

All but the slim, red and gold Chinese dragon. She tried to run-it had to be Jiao, my struggling mind understood at last-but there was nowhere ...