Jade: The Hybrid Mage
Orin shouted between bursts, winded but grinning.
Bainer yelped, “Can we not provoke the death machines, please?”
The dummies grew smarter. Faster. They began to coordinate.
“That’s new,” Lotanni muttered, backing up, sweat glistening on her forehead.
“They’re adapting,” Brand called out. “They’re studying us!”
But I didn’t stop. I couldn’t.
Something about this place, this fight, lit me up inside. Naila was silent now, but I felt her—ready, coiled in my blood, pushing my body to its limit.