Meanwhile, Silas turns his fury on me. He raises both hands, and a wave of concussive, amber force blasts toward me.
I don’t dodge. I don’t block. I accept it.
I open my Anchor field and let his attack wash over me. It hits me like a physical blow, driving the breath from my lungs and cracking the asphalt beneath my boots. But I hold. I absorb the kinetic energy, feeling it burn through my nervous system, and then, using the merge, I feed it directly into Kade.
Kade, currently pinning a wolf to the ground, suddenly surges with renewed, explosive speed. He throws the wolf aside and launches himself at Silas.
Silas barely has time to raise his arms before Kade slams into him, driving him backward into the trunk of a massive oak tree. The impact shakes the leaves from the branches. Kade p
