LYRA
Alaric grabs onto my arm, his body tensing, awaiting the impact to come. He tries to shield me but it all happens so quickly. So mind-numbingly quickly that I don't even register my body acting on its own. My hand stretches forward. Towards the direction that the explosion sounds from. Seconds… precious seconds before the white hot fire consumes us. In these last few seconds, an electrical barrier expands from my fingertips. Humming to life, it shelters me from the force of the explosion that destroys everything in its path. The whole building shudders. Screams fill the air and then silence. The once crowded night club, alive and wild with the thrills of the night, disintegrates. Flesh and bone burn into ash that floats in the air in the aftermath of the force wave. A scene once vibr
