Something impossible happened the moment the flames ignited. With a blur of motion, Kassie withdrew her hand — and the fire only combusted in the air, leaving her skin untouched.
I had barely a moment to process this. As Kassie withdrew her hand, she tore leftward and crashed a rolling kick into the side of my head, sending me staggering. My vision swam. The next thing I knew, I was crashing into the pews behind me with a torrent of force that sent terrible pain lancing across my body.
I didn't dwell on the ground. Instead, I surrounded myself with white flames that blazed ferociously, a barrier to prevent Kassie from advancing.
I truly thought a vicious white fire was going to stop her. The thought might've been quite naive of me.
She tore through the flames like they were nothing, grabbed me by the shirt as I tried to stand, then used my body to wipe the pews as she ran along the rows. My head crashed through the white wood, destroying benches into splinters that went flying.
