Chapter 260

Desperate, I hooked one of my magic splinters to it, and visualized tying the two together in a solid knot. My shredded chest began to knit itself back together so I reached for another wisp of Lilith's magic and another, knotting faster and more furiously, my body repairing itself at warp speed.

My magic re-up loosened the lamia's hold on me. I reached overhead, grabbed her boyfriend's femur, blasted the end, and hurtled the flaming bone at her like a javelin.

Her hair caught fire with a satisfying whoosh, though it stank like mad.

The lamia wasn't expecting that, shaking her head like a none-too-bright puppy. Her mouth twisted, opening in a soundless roar that sent a flock of little brown bats soaring into the late afternoon sky like a rippling curtain.

She dove to the ground with a high-pitched shriek that bottomed out into a ghastly moan, attempting to stop, drop, and roll. It just tangled the tiki torch up worse.