Ancient relics (3)

'BOOOOM!'

A thunderous explosion shook the room, and Talia found herself in Damon's embrace. He shielded her with his body from the debris.

The dust settled, and Talia blinked to see on the side Axel holding Yasmin protectively with his back facing the explosion, just as Damon was holding her. Cassandra, Calla, and Remi were hiding behind the stone table.

Talia's eyes widened when she saw the area where the necklace exploded. Everything in that corner was blasted away, including the walls. There was a gap big enough for a person to pass into the adjacent lab. Three panicked heads were peeking through there to see what caused that explosion.

"It's OK!" Cassandra exclaimed while waving at those three healers to leave. "Just an experiment went out of hand!"

Talia silently thanked the Moon Goddess that no one else was in the lab. If this stunt ended up killing someone, she would blame herself forever.

"Is everyone OK?" Talia asked.