Rodney’s hand reached toward me, fingers outstretched, glowing with that sickening dark energy. The battlefield around us blurred — wolves staggering, dust rising, growls echoing — but all I could see was him.
All I could feel was Selena.
She didn’t just bristle.
She didn’t just snarl.
She rose.
A surge of heat exploded through my chest, radiating outward like a shockwave. My vision sharpened, colors brightening, sounds intensifying. The world snapped into crystal clarity.
Rodney froze mid‑step, his eyes widening.
“What—”
Selena’s voice roared inside me.
NO.
The ground trembled.
A pulse of emerald light burst from my body, slamming into Rodney with the force of a hurricane. He flew backward, crashing into a tree so hard the trunk splintered.
Jayden, Hayden, and Kayden staggered
