POV: Sera
The Primordial's manifestation lasted three seconds.
Three seconds of reality-bending. Of the sky tearing open. Of that terrible presence descending.
Then it was gone.
Like it had never been there.
But the message was clear: it was watching. Waiting. Ready.
"What the hell was that?" Reese demanded, weapon still raised.
"A warning," I said. "It's playing with us."
Kade stood fifty feet away. Close enough to see. Too far to touch.
The mate bond stretched between us like a wire pulled too tight. One wrong move and it would snap. One touch and the infection would spread.
"We can't stay here," Kai said. He was scanning the tree line. "That manifestation just announced our location to everything within a hundred miles."
"He's right," Reese agreed. "We need to move. Find defe
