Then the magnificent giant tried to run directly toward the ancient horn’s sound.
Its powerful front legs buckled instantly. The white giant crashed back to the frozen ground hard enough to send a massive cloud of dust and debris bursting into the air around its massive frame. Divine white light splintered beneath its silver scales in frantic, chaotic pulses—dimming almost to total blackness, then surging back with terrifying violence. Whatever ancient force had been forcefully awakened inside Camron’s blood was actively tearing itself apart, caught in a desperate struggle between wild, primal instinct and total physical collapse.
Azaliyah rushed to him without a second thought, sliding hard onto her knees beside the creature’s massive head.
“Absolutely not,” she snapped, her voice trem
