Screaming, I released the fire within me through my hands, through her chin, and through her skull. Her body jerked in shock, yet the hands clenched in a death-grip upon my neck. A slicing hex passed over me and I felt the magical wash of ozone as blood poured down and the body went limp atop of me, fingers releasing my neck as I crab-walked away and frantically reached for my neck to stem the bleeding.