Chapter 143

I HEARD LOI SCREAM A name. Tumbling through the air again, I twisted and glimpsed Broen racing outside, a pick raised high above his head.

'Get inside!' Sian and Kassie screamed at the same time.

But it was too late.

The instant the creatures sighted him, they spun together en-mass and dived. I heard a sickening, ripping sound before the monsters launched themselves back at me and the others. The glimpse of limbs and a dark head, lying separate, hit hard; I barely got my shield up in time.

As I shot off another ring of fire balls, I heard the piercing chime of Sito's energy. The tan dragon burst into view above me and roared at the monsters, the sound vibrating through the air, but it didn't daunt the nasty creatures. They launched at him, ripping into the poor boy and leaving me free falling again.

NOW THAT SHE COULD, KASSIE sat up and gathered her energy when she spotted Cat tumbling toward the ground. The air crackled, and there was another loud hum of energy when a silver bu