The power ripped through me like lightning.
White-hot. Blinding. Consuming.
I felt it tear from my chest, from somewhere deep inside I didn't know existed, and explode outward in a wave that sent Thomas's rogues flying.
They hit trees. The ground. Each other.
Some didn't get up.
"What…" Kade's voice. Shocked. "Sera, what did you…"
I didn't answer.
Couldn't.
The power was still there, crackling under my skin like a live wire. Begging to be used again.
Terrifying.
"Run!" I screamed. "GO!"
We ran.
Through the chaos. Over the bodies. Past Thomas, who was laughing.
Actually laughing.
"THERE IT IS!" His voice followed us. "The witch blood! I knew it was there!"
I didn't look back.
Just ran faster.
The bond pulled toward the Beta house. Toward Ember. Toward everything that matter
