Aurelia's eyes were locked squarely on the dragonness, making sure that she didn't get the chance to do anything without her seeing it first. While her focus was on Evvie, her magic continued to pour into the scythe, building up power for what she figured would be the decisive attack. 

Then, without warning, Evvie took to the sky and, after gaining some altitude, started a steep dive towards her. [i]When does she learn?[/i] She thought, tilting her head back as Evvie continued to fly higher up. 

She let go of the scythe with one hand, and split her stream of power into two like a river forking into two smaller streams; one going towards her scythe and the other stream saturating the air around her with magic. Working as quickly as she could, Aurelia took hold of the shadows around her and stretched them. Guided by her free hand and magic, they extended upwards and in front of her, surging towards Evvie as a group of sharp spikes that would skewer her, if she continued her mad dash towards the sorceress on the ground.