Sensing that the earth moved nearby Estella pried her eyes from the doubles of Katherin and Ryan just to late to see the vines. One of them reached her and wrapped around her body before she could react.

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John's quick thinking relieved Maxine. She was not prepared for this kind of thing. What was even going on? There were too many questions but at the moment the best idea seemed to be to get away from the battle where she wouldn't get in the way.