Publisher's Synopsis
?I don't need your-, ? Darkmane was cut short as a snake's attack came inches in front of his face. Before he could react, however, Talon, having seen the attack coming, grabbed hold of the snake and threw him into the floor. Talon quickly raised a hemispherical defensive shield around him, Darkmane and Lena, just in time to deflect attacks from the other four snakes. You were saying Talon asked smugly. This doesn't prove-, ? Talon strengthened the defensive shield close to Darkmane a second before Sly struck with his twin daggers, sending shockwaves across the defensive shield. But even stretched thin, the hawk's defenses were absolute; the shield held.
