Chapter 8

• At once, Dade stopped shaking the rattle and the three controlling the fire dropped their hands and gasped when they looked at him holding the slumped woman in his arms.
• Leena and Steven settled the wind and turned around to see the others crowding around Owen. He looked at Leena. “I have to set her down, or my legs are going to give out.”
• Dade set his instrument on the ground and scooped Cora into his arms. She was still shaking and breathing hard, as if she’d been running. He walked over to the table and sat with her held in his arms.