Book Two: Chapter 140

“Cut off the head, and the body will follow.” She slapped the Strength card onto Abella’s flesh and stuck the Magician card in her teeth, willing both cards to release their power. “Let’s clean house.”

Abella blasted forward, wings outstretched and reaching. A powerful surge of magic raced through Yuki’s veins, and she commanded the water in the air to freeze, massing it around the legs of the men and women who stood on her lawn. Ice crawled up their legs, holding them in place, and she summoned massive icicles from the ground, spearing several of them on the spot.

“Go, go, go!” she hollered, watching Abella tear through the others, tossing them high into the sky. Screams filled the air as they fell back to the ground, and Yuki felt the magic roaring inside of her. The few who tried to escape were speared by hundreds of icicles that sprouted from the ground like teeth, the front yard chewing them up. Snowflakes swirled around Yuki now, blurring the world around her. The