Watching this blinding apparition manipulate the couple in front of her, Tanza winced as it felt like something was ripped from her chest. Like a piece of herself had been pulled from her spirit and replaced by a cold stone dropping into her heart. At that moment she knew Celia's sisterhood connection with her clan was destroyed.
Following the final flash of light, both she and her new chosen fell to the ground as the bits and the pieces from Atzlar's body snaked back into the cauldron and sunk into its frothing waters.
Vision had not yet returned to Galen's eyes when Celia was beside him, bringing him back to his feet.
"Are you alright?" she asked.
"Yeah, just blinded here for a moment," he answered, rubbing his eyes as he stood up.
When he managed to get them open and focused again,
