Merlin looked around, her face twisted into a stern frown. The abominations surrounded them from all directions. She can't take Arad and Zephyr to safety.
With a single flick of her fingers, a large barrier covered Arad and Zephyr. The barrier protected them from both the cold and the potential attacks of the abominations, as long as those attacks weren't too powerful.
Merlin and Betty stood there, facing the horde of monsters that showed up out of nowhere. They sensed the heart and waited for Arad to weaken; their intentions were clear enough.
"How long could we last?" Merlin asked, her eyes darting around to scan the abominations. All of them were just too powerful. Even the one that Betty seemed to have killed: He had just shown back up among the horde. She couldn't even guess how he survived.
