The light did not fade when the explosion ended.It hung in the air, heavy and blinding, filling the shattered square with a pressure that made stone groan and metal twist. When the dust finally settled, Elise stood at the center of it all, her feet planted in broken ground, her breath uneven, her chest rising hard as if she had just clawed her way back from drowning.Across from her, Becky still stood.Barely.Her massive form staggered, chunks of corrupted stone and flesh sloughing off her body as if gravity itself had begun to reject her. Dark energy leaked from deep cracks across her chest and shoulders, pulsing weakly, unevenly. The roar that had once shaken the city had dwindled into a wet, rasping growl.Becky swayed, claws scraping uselessly against the ground.Elise stared at her, eyes glowing with a steady silver light that did not flicker.“It’s over,” Elise said, her voice hoarse but unshaken.Becky laughed.It came out wrong. Broken. Half a sob, half a snarl.“You still t
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