Ramarro vs walls

  Walls shot up around Ramarro, shielding him from view. A large slab of stone erupted from the ground and landed atop the walls, forming the top of a huge stone box.

  Was this your plan? Ramarro asked, the words searing into Cole’s mind. Lure me into one last trap? None of his traps ever killed me, Cole. And his prisons all failed to hold me. This pathetic trick planned from beyond his grave will soon crumble. If I lay still, nothing here could begin to hurt me. I see that everything here was designed to attack and resist me. And it will. Until I retune it. Until I create it anew. Get ready, Cole. You’re about to learn what happens when you choose the wrong allies.

  The front of the stone box exploded outward. Several stone fragments whistling toward Cole turned to dust before reaching him. Ramarro raced from the box, hurling statues aside. More walls sprang up around him, trapping him in another stone box, but it only held for a moment before all the walls exploded outward. Once again, the debris streaking toward Cole evaporated.

Chapter 33