"Dammit!" James growled, wiping the blood trickling from his nose with the back of his hand. A searing heat spread through his chest—the lingering aftershock of Moros’s internal energy strike delivered through a human host.
The girl possessed by Moros let out a bone-chilling smirk, her beautiful face distorted by a thick, black aura. Her pitch-black eyes fixed on James with deep-seated hatred. Without warning, she spun around and leaped off the balcony, landing unnaturally on the roof of the grimy apartment building across the street. James bolted after her, clearing the gap between the buildings at high speed.
"Master! Let me handle this! That creature’s energy is purely destructive—it’s far too dangerous for your recovering human vessel!" Freya cried out, appearing beside James in a pu
