Ruby
The world felt different now.
The moment the shockwave left my body, something inside me had shifted as if a door that had been locked for years had suddenly swung open.
I could still feel the power humming beneath my skin, coiling like a restless storm, waiting.
Watching.
The rogues had run in fear.
Even Manson… he was looking at me differently.
Not with fear, but with something else.
Something heavy.
Manson shifted back into his human form, his golden eyes locked onto mine. Blood streaked his chest and arms, his muscles tense as if he were fighting a war inside himself.
“Ruby,” he said, his voice firm. “What was that?”
I swallowed hard, my pulse erratic. “I… I don’t know.”
I wanted to explain.
I wanted to understand.
But the truth was, I didn’t.
All I knew was that th
