"Again!" Xilon yelled. "Hit them with the fire again." The horde below them was fading out. But he couldn't leave any of the Tryns alive. They'd return with reinforcements. And now that these ones knew the Renjerian's hideout, they'd never be safe.

"Clear on my side," Kohl answered. His wings wobbled slightly against the current. He too had given blood to the others that wanted to leave.

"Taurian?" Xilon asked, then fired at five stragglers. Below him, the mountain ...