CHAPTER 54
Penrys failed to make the wizards into a unified force as the horde arrived. *Listen to me!*
This isn’t going to work. Time for a single leader. She reached for Veneshjug’s mind. Him, first. She ripped through his shield and drained him as she had Vladzan, but left him a portion of his strength, letting her chain absorb the rest.
As quickly as she could she worked her way through the rest of them, a few willing, like Dzantig, but most of them fighting her.
When she had them all under control, she spun a shield around the horde, all of it, and defied the Voice to break it. She felt his resistance initially, but he withdrew. Where is he?
The effect on the horde was immediate. The men stopped and swayed on their feet, their faces puzzled. She told them, *Sleep, now, and stay a
