Cole helps Honor

  Owandell smiled. “I feel you trying to engage your power, Honor. Not in my presence, my dear. I could shut down ten of you, especially here in Junction. Doesn’t come as easily as in Elloweer, does it?”

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 Cole closed the last of the distance between himself and Honor, twisting so he could touch her hand with his hands tied behind his back. He immediately sensed her power, steady and strong. More important, as he had hoped, his own power connected easily to hers. It felt natural and simple, like it had in the echolands.

  He could also sense power from Owandell shrouding the energy inside her like a dark, filmy cocoon. Clenching his jaw, Cole used his power to feed energy into hers. Her energy blazed brilliantly, and Owandell’s cocoon evaporated.

  With a roar, Honor expanded into a huge, shaggy bear, at least three or four feet taller than Cole.

Chapter 2