Fena stumbled back, her eyes wide with shock. Her connection to the forest, to the Great Root, was severed.
"What is this? What did you do?"
"Mana-dampening grenade. A little toy from my boss." He tossed the crushed, now useless orb aside. "Lasts for about a minute."
"Now, will you listen?" He asked, dusting off his hands like this was all just a minor inconvenience. "Or do we need to have another time-out?"
'I will kill him,' she thought, the rage in her chest so hot it felt like it was going to burn her from the inside out. 'I will find his family, I will find his home, and I will burn it all to ash.'
She didn't say any of that. Her body was trembling, but she forced it still, her eyes locked on his. "You will die for this."
