John slammed him into the wall and yelled “not from you she won’t. I’m blowing you to bloody kingdom come!” He slugged him across the face again and was going in again but a shadow stopped him. 

Serena stood there, her hand out and holding Kay against her shoulder. “Take Kay and get back to Sam’s…I mean it John. Leave this guy to me…” John stood there panting and bloody. He sighed and dropped the mage and moved, Serena cutting the rope on her wrists and John carried her back the way they came. 

Serena was alone with the mage and turned to look at him; her eyes glowing. “Now…how should you meet your fate?”