The entire training ground was a mess of scorched earth and burnt plants. Some of the large trenches cut from the force from Aleanna’s flames started to fill with river water. The forest that surrounded the open space was catching fire, growing by the second. There was so much smoke.

Tavin knelt down and steadied Valina as she clung her leg in pain. Not one, but both bones beneath her knee had snapped and now jutted out, tearing the flesh along with them. Blood was pouring out. It ...