Serena’s POV
The light faded as quickly as it had come, leaving me breathless and trembling. Marcus lay sprawled on the ground a few feet away, groaning in pain but not defeated. My hands still tingled with the energy I had released, and I struggled to process what had just happened.
I glanced at Kael, whose stormy eyes were wide with a mixture of awe and fear. “What… what did I do?” I whispered.
Kael stepped closer, his gaze flicking between me and Marcus. “You tapped into something powerful, Serena. Something that was always inside you.”
Marcus pushed himself up with a snarl, his eyes blazing with rage. “So, the prophecy is true,” he spat, his voice dripping with venom. “You’re more dangerous than I thought.”
My instincts screamed at me to move, to fight, but my body felt drained, a
