Pendrake runs out into the street and pulls away the two priests, stumbling as if drunk. The world spins around him, and when he gets them to cover, he has to grab the wall to prevent himself from falling down. He thinks someone may have fired an arrow at him, but his wild lurchings seem to have kept him intact.
One of the priests look at Pendrake, and whispers "Isn't it a bit early to be drinking?" and then grins wildly, fishing out a metal flask from her pocket.
Aiken steps out and makes his cry, and draws the sniper's eye only for a second - but long enough to distract him from the Priests.
Solange runs towards the main house, and sets off her spell. The room with the sniper fills with a loud sonic BOOOOOMMM!!!! that seems to shake the very foundations of the structure.
Aiken clearly sees the sniper grab at his ears and lurch around upstairs, the wind completely knocked out of him. A small rivulet of blood seems to be pouring out of his left ear drum.