Chapter 40: Gunpowder
Gwynfor is fast, which is very helpful for them.
She’s all too eager to help when Selmas first explains his plan, and wis off into the city for the supplies they needed, back again quicker than Selmas had expected. When she returns, she is almost glowing, power thrumming in her veins, but her eyes are clear and her speech unhindered.
“I haven’t felt this good since the Stone was stolen,” Gwynfor breathes, bouncing on her toes a little. “I’d almost forgotten what it was like, when it worked.”
Selmas takes the cloth pouch that she’s brought him, pouring a little of the powdery substance inside onto the ground. Aisling crouches down next to it, and flicks a spark from her fingers. The powder ignites, a small rush of flame that quickly burns out once it doesn’t have any more material to feed off of, fading into smoke.