Stop Me if You Can

The serpent met with the same fate. The beam of light pierced its mouth and ripped it into half and then it splintered, blasting the serpent into tiny pieces of flesh and bones that littered across the shore and the water. Not bothering for other serpents, Ileus shouted, "Where is Anastasia?" 

"Over here!" Kaizan called him from a cover of thick bushes.

Ileus rushed to them. "Get Darla and Tadgh with you at the entrance of the village. I am going there and creating the portal. Tell Aidan to go back and collect all items from the inn." 

Ileus held Anastasia's hand and darted towards the place where the trade path ended, while Kaizan rushed to Darla and Tadgh to hold the casket. Aidan ran towards the inn. 

"Do you think they will be able to get the casket? It must be heavy," Anastasia pointed out. 

"They were werewolves, sweetheart. Kaizan alone can carry the coffer easily but others are going to help him to hurry things up," Ileus explained.