332 Iona (5)

Adrianna was bent over her broom. An arrow protruded from her lower back. "Don't worry about me!" she said. "Cover Iona!" She swung around and caught hold of the next arrow that was coming towards her with such alarming speed that Dmitri stared at her. Grunting in pain and breathless, she yelled at those hidden behind the trees and were shooting arrows, "You will pay for this insolence!" 

Furious, but with a look of extreme calm, Haldir sent a thick beam of white lights on the tree where the shooter was sitting. The tree blasted and splintered into thousands of twigs and branches and logs. 

Adrianna took the bow and flung it towards Dmitri who shattered the arrow in his fist. "Papa!" Iona called him, shuddering like a dry leaf in summer. 

Dmitri looked at his daughter and said, "Will you stay in the carriage, princess? I have to go and help your mom."