David's mind replayed the sequence of events from the past few minutes.
He, Wanete, and his twin sister, Davina, had been attacked by a group of vampires.
Then Jamie arrived, locating Davina through the magic power lingering in the blood she had ingested earlier that day.
Upon finding her, he brought down the floating fortress where she was held, effortlessly defeating the vampires before calling on David to take care of his sister.
He and Wanete had been helping Davina out of the building when, without warning, she unleashed a beam of magic power at Wanete and drove a blade into his chest—for reasons his brain still couldn't compute.
No. The beam that grazed Wanete wasn't meant for her. She had simply been caught in its path.
The true target was the man standing with his back to them, a swirling portal of spatial energy behind him slowly dissipating after having absorbed the attack.
