Chapter 332

“I can help you lift it with a spell,” Jenna told them, “but I’m going to need you to drop it on top of the pool.”

The two volkaanes positioned themselves on opposite sides of the square while Jenna wove her lifting spell. The frozen hunk of ground tore itself loose from the earth and rose a few feet into the air. Halee and Bain grabbed the edges and heaved it atop the pool. Their aim was perfect. The frozen square landed without a splash, completely covering the black pool.

“Quickly, now,” Jenna said. “Pile some gravestones on top.”

Halee and Bain ripped a dozen headstones from the earth and tossed them into place.

“Can you melt them?” she asked. “And then let the stone harden, like concrete?”

The two volkaanes set to work with their blue fire, doing exactly as Jenna instructed. When they finished, the effect was as if the pool had been capped in stone. The whole enterpr