#Chapter 384 - Destruction

The entire ground shakes as the first bomb hits before our line of troops and explodes. It’s far – far away from me – but still, the way the earth trembles beneath my feet makes me moan. Jackson is there immediately, keeping my hand held tight in his but wrapping his arm around me, using it to press me protectively back into his chest. “We need to get out of here!” he barks, glaring hard at Roger, who nods to him. “No!” I shout, even as two more bombs hit and shake the world. Because I can hear it – I can hear the screams of my allies, my people. “We’re not going fucking anywhere –“ “Ariel!” Rafe shouts out, frowning at me. But I ignore him – ignore them all – and instead snap my head up to the hurricane of flame, the gyre before me. Because it is mine, no matter how heavy it is. And I control it. I open my mouth then in a snarl that turns into a roar as I shoot my hand up, hurling out all of my power, all of my magic and my energy towards the flames, lifting them high into