Kingdom of Ash

in iron, she had gone deeper. And she had not
tapped too far into that power since they’d
freed her because she had kept making the
plunge.
To gather up the full might of her magic.
Not for the Lock, not for Erawan.
But for Maeve’s death blow.
A few weeks of descent had taken her
powers to devastating levels. Three months of
it ...
Holy gods. Holy rutting gods.
And when her fire hit the wall of water now
towering over her, when they collided—
“GET DOWN!” Rowan bellowed, over the
screaming waters. “GET DOWN NOW!”
His companions dropped to the stones, any
within earshot doing the same.
Rowan plummeted into his power.
Plummeted into it fast and hard, ripping out
any remaining shred of magic.