Chapter 304
"Talia, give Astria a message from Myrddin. Tell her if the hobgoblins try executing hostages, send a strong reminder why they spaced them out like that in the first place. Keep it vertical and off target. Hit Sae, Julien, and Charlotte after, from me. Tell them they don't have to help. But if they feel like pitching in, we've never needed it more."
Talia broke off from us, darting between onlookers, ducking beneath the wide gate of a gaping tank and she tore hell towards the twins.
I ran parallel to Nick, keeping pace. But only barely. My Agility was closing in on double his. How he was managing the speed was beyond me, until I noticed the way his armor had changed color.
He was glowing gold.
"Whatever the hell you're doing, I think your patron approves," I yelled over the cacophony of clanking.
"Yeah. Got a lot of juice," Nick panted, sparing a glance at me. "Dunno how long it's gonna last. We need to go in hard, fuck 'em up as much as we can with the time we have."
I glanced at the rapidly approaching ledge. "Maybe worry about the cliff first?"
"Nah." He grinned, a manic gleam in his eye. "Just aim for the bushes."
"It's a ninety-degree incline, motherfucker!"