20 I screamed. It was ragged and raw and called to the power deep in my belly. My flesh glowed red with anger. A deep serpent of flame opened up in my stomach, matching the one cascading down the mountainside. It circled and coiled through me until every inch of my body was raging. My wings filled with red lightning and stretched out to their maximum size. I reached out my hand, and crimson flame crackled between my gloved fingers. I turned to Wendiga. “If my man has been harmed, I will take out everyone in this circle." I didn't know that yetis could pale, but there, standing so close to my power, with my very essence reaching out towards him, the great leader of the yetis paled. "Phoenix, be calm,” Wendiga said. I opened my mouth to speak, but a familiar grunt filled my ears. I t