1448

Then he realized where she was standing.

"Alana." He breathed, as concern for his wife subsumed all other concerns.

Kendra pulled out another arrow and Ethan dived for cover. It wasn't much, but there was a small boulder about two feet in diameter a couple yards away from the entrance of the cave. Serif and Raklan had taken cover behind another nearby rock, so they were protected.

*Alana, are you okay?* He thought to her.

No response.

*Alana!*

Still no response.

"That bitch!" Rachel fumed as she hit the dirt beside him with fire in her eyes. "If she hurt Alana, I'll roast her alive." A fire blazed behind the mage's eye, leaving him in no doubt that the redhead meant the threat quite literally.

"Get in line." Ethan growled in agreement.

A subtle shaking of the earth brought Ethan's attention back to the situation at present. Havorleth was clearly coming to see what was going on and they were completely pinned down.

He did the math.

If he was going to help Alana, he needed to get out fr