Lolth's light woman lowered her hand toward it.
Mingyue brought her sword across the gap.
"You heard the offer."
The woman's fingers stopped outside the ice.
"You have almost nothing left," she said.
Mingyue did not lower her blade.
"You came for your daughter. We've kept her whole."
Through their bond, Alex could feel the strain she was hiding. She had enough strength to hold this space for a short time, and she was spending it while Lolth decided whether another attack was worth the risk.
He shifted his support closer to the center of the slab so she no longer had to bear its sideways movement.
The light woman watched that change too.
An Imperial shot passed above the broken wall.
Lolth raised her free hand. The beam bent away from the yard and cut across an empty warehouse roof. Fragments fell into the street, sending Dorian's fighters back behind the next corner.
Alex waited until the falling stone stopped.
