The Harvester stood ten feet away, its faceless void locked onto me.
I didn't think. I just reacted.
My power surged through me, hot and fierce, and I lunged forward. The Kaelix energy formed into something sharp in my hands, a blade made of pure intention. This thing had killed dozens of people. It was going to kill more.
Not if I stopped it first.
The blade cut through the air where the Harvester had been standing.
Empty space.
It was gone. Just vanished like it had never been there at all.
I spun around, searching the misty in-between space. Nothing. No trace. No distortion. The Harvester had completely disappeared.
Then the dream shattered.
I jolted awake in my bed, gasping, my sheets soaked with sweat. My heart hammered against my ribs so hard I thought it might break through
