The ritual that Viktor was conducting was beginning to consume the monastery itself. The ancient stones were cracking, pieces of building falling away as the concentrated cultivation energy warped reality around it. Marcus could feel the pressure of the power being unleashed, could sense that if Viktor was allowed to complete whatever he was doing, the consequences would be catastrophic.
Marcus moved forward to attack, but his sister Sarah stepped into his path. Despite her new power, despite the strange fusion of abilities that Viktor had given her, Marcus could still see the person she had been. There was recognition in her eyes, a flicker of the ten-year-old girl who had cried beside their mother's lifeless body.
"I have to do this," Sarah said, her voice layered with multiple tones,
