The impact made Kerry falter, her hold weakening just enough for Ellio to wrench himself free. He gasped for air, his chest rising and falling rapidly, feeling every ache and bruise from their struggle. The rock had struck her cheek, crimson staining her pale skin, but it barely slowed the monstrous transformation that consumed her.
The tables had turned. Ellio now hovered above her, straddling her struggling form. The face of the luna he once knew had vanished, replaced by something unrecognizable. There was a mask of dark scales crawling across her skin, eyes now fully black, void of any humanity. The person beneath him was no longer Kerry, not in any way he could comprehend.
When Kerry attempted to hurt Ellio once again with her sharp claws, the human swung the stone in his hand high
