Bab 394: Judgment

The light dimmed as a looming presence blotted out the sun's light, casting a dark shadow over our party. A deafening cry split the air, ringing in my delicate ears and making me wince. Fable tensed beneath me and suddenly lunged forward. I squeezed my knees and gripped his fur tightly, clinging to him as the sudden acceleration tried to dislodge me. The cold bite of the wind of our acceleration buffeted my body, clawing at my hair and filling my eyes with moisture, blurring my vision. 

"Xiviyah!" Korra's shout echoed in my ears.

I had no time to heed her warning or see if the others were also running. It was all I could do to cling to Fable as he dipped and wove, evading what I could only sense as a calamitous gathering of mana in the air above. His paws slammed into the ground one final time and launched us forward, and a tremendous explosion of mana and fire detonated where our party had been gathered.