This is an excerpt from Curse of the Dark Wind.  Tried to find a good Nyx/Sari scene, but those seem to be spoiler heavy or lengthy with no good severing point.  As usual, there might be a spoiler or two in here.

Nyx puts her hands on the well and sends a jolt of electricity along the stone. The spell knocks Stephen off his feet, but he flips and safely lands next to Trinity. He uses her as a shield when his enemy hurls a spiraling ball of ice and snow, the blast sending the chaos elf crashing through a nearby birch. Stephen chuckles as he draws a bastard sword from behind him, the blade seeming to appear out of thin air.

“I’m not going to play games with you,” Nyx declares, throwing a fireball at the black-haired man. She throws up a barrier when he catches the spell on the tip of his blade and flings it back at her. The explosion shoves her back and leaves a burning swath through the snow.

“Of course you will play my games. The alternative is that I kill you and your friends. I would get robbed of fun, but if you’re not going to play then I have very little interest in keeping you alive.”

“You’re either a liar or an idiot,” the caster bravely states. Her body quivering, she marches up to Stephen and smacks him across the face. “I despise you.”

“As if I-” he begins to ask before Nyx punches him in the nose. “This is fairly amusing, yet pointless.”

“Stop smiling at me!” the half-elf screams as she slaps him again and kicks him in the stomach. “Leave me alone and die!”

“I’ll teach you respect, stupid girl,” the red-shirted nobleman growls, knocking her away with a wave of his hand. He charges Nyx with his blade held high for a downward slash. “I shall be kind and only take an ear.”

“Pineapple!”

“What?”

Nyx’s left arm jerks into the path of the swinging weapon, the thick bracelet around her wrist acting as a shield. A blast of light and sound erupts from the jewelry’s gem-encrusted grooves, leaving Stephen stunned. With a muttered curse, his sword falls to the ground and his arm hangs limply at his side. He tries to flex his muscles, but all he can do is make the limb twitch.

“Smart move, but now you have no magic,” the man points out as he recovers his mobility and weapon.

“Damn Chronos,” Nyx mutters. She steps forward and swings her foot into Stephen’s groin, knocking the air from his lungs. “Touch me again and I’ll fry them off.”

“Not a good move,” Trinity says while she stumbles out of the trees. She takes in a sharp breath, feeling the pain of broken ribs. “You made him mad.”

Stephen lunges at Nyx and swings his bastard sword with enough force to blow the snow off the ground. She creates a shield of ice that deflects the blade, but crumbles under the power of the attack. With a cruel grin, he kicks the half-elf in the stomach and strikes her in the head with the pommel of his sword. Trinity tackles Nyx out of the way of the crazed man’s stab, the weapon slicing across the chaos elf’s back. The wound sprays blood onto the exposed grass when Stephen snaps his fingers and makes it bleed faster. Her senses fuzzy, Nyx runs a fire-coated hand along Trinity’s back to seal the cut. The flame leaps through the air and knocks the bastard sword out of Stephen’s hand, giving the half-elf enough time to charge him. Her magic-infused punch is caught by the wrist and he violently twists her arm, snapping the bone in half.

“Just for that, I’m going to torture you for months while your precious Luke dies an agonizing death before your eyes,” Stephen says in a feral voice. He pulls back his fist while deciding where he wants to hit the cursing caster. “Let’s see if I can give you a punctured lung in one hit. I promise it won’t kill you.”

A roar of pain erupts from Stephen’s throat as his severed arm falls at his feet. He whirls around to face Delvin and gets cracked in the jaw by the warrior’s shield. The stunned man stumbles back, quickly regaining his balance and pouncing at his attacker. A loud gurgling rumbles from the well before a hammer of icy water bursts out of its mouth and swats Stephen away. The enchanted liquid hits him again and grinds him into the frozen dirt, finishing its attack with a solid strike to his face.

“Leave Nyxie alone,” Sari says, stepping out from behind Delvin.