But Lex felt like something was tearing up inside her, and before she saw it, she screamed, raising her hands in despair, trying to use the Light to ward off Iacintho's upir!
"NO!"
That wasn't enough for the upir to interrupt the movement with the sword, even though he turned briefly to see it.
BOOOMMM!
The flash that followed didn't come from his hands, but from the mouth of Captain Dubois' hand cannon. It reverberated and blasted like a clap of thunder and a bolt of lightning, too close.
Alexa saw her brother being thrown backwards, before the rain of blood, and the dark, smelly smoke blocked her vision.
"IACINTHO!"
Without thinking of herself, the princess ran to the gates and through the smoke, unable to even see around her. Pulling the collar of her dress to cover her nose, she crouched down and felt for her brother on the floor.
