Karn - Unharmed by flame

Light flared to Karn’s side. He spun. Flames roared over him. Fire sizzled away the water in his joints. He lunged past the flame at the second attacker. Arms limned in flame, Karn surged into the cave.

“Karn!” came a shout of surprise and relief. “What are you doing here?”

“Jhoira?” Karn asked. His eyes quickly adjusted to the darkness.

Jhoira trembled in her nightclothes, a smoldering torch butt held in her hand. She must have used the brand to ignite airborne coal-dust, as the students were taught at the academy.

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Chapter 4