She was watching human beings burn in what to her was slow motion. She could see individual blisters forming on cheeks. She could see hair go from singed to aflame. She watched mouths desperate for air inhale nothing but fire.

She froze for what felt like a terribly long time. Her brain just seemed to shut down. For a moment even the Dark Watchers were unnoticed.

Then she saw Armo, lumbering in near-comic slo-mo, gathering up burning people, and she moved.

Shade snatched two people, one with each hand, and ran. Ran down the line of tanks, ran so fast that the people she pulled did not drag along the ground, but flew. Her speed extinguished the flames but both people, two women, one older, one barely Shade’s age, were covered in raw red flesh.

It was about half a mile to the fountains and man-made lakes in front of the Wynn casinos. Shade skidded to a stop and simply threw both burn victims into the water.

Villain, Chapter 28