Prevention

I had used those words as a distraction—because immediately, without waiting for a reply, I leaped up onto the nearest table. Then I was racing across the tabletops toward the fireplace, scattering silver dishes and golden goblets with my feet, all my will directed toward one end: to prevent the assassin crouching over the child from slaying her.

To control the assassin while dashing through my enemies was not easy. Shaiksa assassins are trained in a multitude of mind disciplines and can sometimes resist even the will of a mage.

B11 C6