"Are you crazy?!"
She knew he wasn't, that his plan seemed to be there only option, but she was terrified. She looked back up the tunnel, toward fresh air and moonlight and Kit.
Kit...
"Oh, fuck this!" With a sharp scream that was equal parts fury and fear, Kiara raced back across the cavern to Orcus's side and started herding him down the tunnel, blades crossed in front of her body again. She was muttering under her breath all the while, an ancient language that even she didn't know the name of, but had heard since the cradle in her father's voice.
With a final shout, a word that sounded like fire and falling stones, she thrust her blades out and sparked fire from their tips, twin balls of flame that imploded against the rocky walls, sending debris tumbling down around the golem.
She hoped that would be enough. Turning back to Orcus, she grabbed his good arm and hoisted him to his feet, dragging him after her down the tunnel. "Come on, run!"