Penelope's POV
The explosion drove me backward into a tree trunk. I could sense how loud it was, even as my ears were filled with the smoke escaping from the burning woodland around our camp. It was hard to see through the smoke, but I could make out that masked attackers were coming with weapons that glittered because of the moon's light.
"Penelope!" Ronan shouted from somewhere to my left. "Get the babies!"
I scrambled toward the tent where Asha, Damon, and Selene were crying. A hunter moved into my path, raising his gun. Time seemed to slow down as his finger drew toward the trigger.
Something hot and wild exploded from deep inside me.
The magic inside me burst out as silver light from my hands without giving me time to react. An electroshock skyrocketed into the hunter, who fell back and started spinning as if he was a rag doll. He hit a boulder twenty feet ahead and couldn't get back up.
Are you crazy? His friend burst out, saying.
