But it won't kill. Not immediately.
Third step.
Morganna releases the choking warriors. They drop to the ground, gasping. She smiles at me like I'm a dog that's finally learned a trick.
"Good girl. So much easier when you cooperate." She extends one hand. "Now, take my hand, and we'll—"
The bond explodes.
Not breaking. Awakening.
I feel it surge through me like lightning, the connection to Serena amplifying something I didn't know was there. The Moon-Blessed power dormant in my blood responds to Morganna's proximity, to the threat she represents, to the divine magic she's trying to corrupt and steal.
My eyes burn. The world shifts into strange clarity, and I can see the threads of magic Morganna's woven throughout the hall. See the compulsion she's layered under her words, trying to
