Nathan Free, Natalie Bound

I tumbled back out a moment later, still with lightning in my mana channels. I could see everything: the expanding wave of devastation crawling across the park, shattering trees into shrapnel, pulping bodies in its wake, tossing stones into the air, shattering benches. The armored guards that the lich had brought with him were facing straight at it, and I could see their headlong charge start to reverse. They stamped down hard on the leading foot, trying to turn away, to flee from the explosion that was ripping through the park.