Chapter 21
"Do we have a plan?" Sophie asked as we stood together under the fruit trees. Without any of us making a conscious choice to do it, we had gotten into our usual formation.
"Yes," I said, hoping they didn't notice that the hand I used to push back my hair was trembling like mad. "I just need you two to channel power into me. I can take it from there."
"Is that going to be enough?" Sophie asked. "There are thirteen of them and only three of us."
"But the difference is, they don't work together," I said. "Not like we do. They can't help each other or flow energy between each other like we do. We've got this."
"What if we don't even need to fight them?" Brianna asked.
"What do you mean?" I asked.
"Let's go into the time portal. We can stand on the bridge and hold that positio
