Cheri's amber gaze promised death. "I should have killed you long ago. To rip out your throat would be a blessing to us who despise weakness. You are nothing but a sniveling whelp and you dare challenge me?"

With a snarl, Cheri threw him against the side wall of the cave, cracking the back of his skull and leaving him disoriented. Her power slammed into his body and, without lifting a hand, she sent him soaring through the air. He landed outside in the snow surrounded by her ...