The word spread through the city in minutes. Soldiers emerged from defensive positions with weapons. Officers traded confused glances. A group of archers on a rooftop watched the last of the soul soldiers file out of their district and looked at each other with the shared certainty of people who had no idea what was happening but were fairly certain they weren't going to like it.
The main square of Whisperfield was a broad stone plaza ringed by government buildings and merchant halls. It was the same place Quinlan's initial thunder struck when he destroyed the barrier…
But the place was fairly serviceable.
Almost all of his concentrated lightning attack's impact was absorbed by the barrier.
