People screamed and started running.
Oh, f**k.
I tried to pull the current back, but it was everywhere now, jumping from one surface to another, following paths I couldn't even see until the sparks were already flying. The air smelled of ozone and burned wood, and the buzzing in my ears was getting so loud that I could barely hear the shouting around me.
'ITACA!'
'HE DESERVES TO DIE!'
'I KNOW THAT, BUT THE OTHERS DON'T!'
Another bolt tore away from my arm and struck the ground a few feet from the crowd.
I saw Stephanie grab her son and duck, and my stomach dropped.
No. No, no, no.
I hadn't meant to do that.
Perse's golden roots erupted across the courtyard, wrapping around the nearest wolves and pulling them away from the fence while Aiden and Thane shouted for everyone to get ba
