The creature lunged.
And I unleashed all the power I had left.
The blast erupted from me like a second moon exploding, silver fire mixed with hollowed darkness, a force so violent it ripped the air apart with a soundless shockwave. The ground cracked beneath my feet. The torches shattered, Walls buckled.
The starless creature never touched me.
It was thrown backward mid-lunge, its body folding like broken smoke before slamming into the far wall hard enough to scatter stone.
But when it hit… it didn’t break.
It rippled.
As if its body had no bones at all.
Ronan stood in front of the others, shielding them, his wolf half-shifted and panting. “Aria—behind you!”
I spun just as a second creature materialized above me, descending like a falling shadow with claws that glowed faintly with
