Bianca “Bianca, look up, now or he will… kill us!” Dawn screamed in my mind, her voice radiating through my body while a surge of yellow light surrounded Tyler and me. As I turned my head slowly, I saw the gigantic horns approaching my back. I didn’t have time to move. I was completely helpless, only waiting for the fraction of a second in which my life would be horned out of me. That was it. The song of my life was about to come to an end, and I would meet an eternity of silence. There was no afterlife when dark magic was involved; I and everyone else in the Realms knew that well. The piercing strike never met my body. Instead, a loud sound of a crashing filled my ears, followed by a guttural growl of pain. An intense light bathed the hall, synchronized with the sound of echoing gasp