"Daisy!" Christian's roar held something beyond anger—a primal fury that transformed his usually controlled power into something wild and deadly. Frost exploded outward, not just coating Jarred but penetrating him, crystallizing blood and bone from within.
Cassius didn't waste the opening, golden light streaming from his hands to join Christian's assault. Where frost cracked corrupted flesh, light burned away the shadow trying to maintain its hold.
Jarred convulsed as competing forces tore him apart from inside, the corruption fighting desperately to maintain its vessel even as frost and light systematically destroyed it. With a final, dimension-tearing shriek, the massive body collapsed, corruption fleeing into the storm as black mist that Christian's frost immediately crystallized and
