Chapter 33: Rise or Fall
The world was ending.
At least, that’s how it felt.
The sky was a canvas of fire and darkness, swirling clouds ripped apart by flashes of red lightning. The massive creature—the world-eater—hovered above, a nightmare stitched from smoke and teeth and endless, howling voids.
Luna forced her legs to move, her heart hammering.
She had faced death before.
She had fought monsters.
She had survived betrayal, loss, heartbreak.
But this?
This was something else.
Beside her, Dante and Kira struggled to rally the soldiers, their faces pale, their movements frantic. The ground shook with every step the world-eater took. Buildings crumbled like sand. Trees split apart with ear-shattering cracks.
"We can't fight that thing!" someone screamed.
A wave of fear rippled
