Empathic AssaultLyra was atop the siege tower as it creaked toward Shadowheart's eastern wall, her omega senses spread out over the battlefield toward minds that were full of the hollow emptiness of corruption fighting against whatever humanity remained within twisted consciousness. Blood still dripped from her nose, but she ignored the physical weariness that warned her against projecting her empathic sense beyond safe bounds.Underfoot, three battalions of corrupted defenders spilled from hidden sally ports that had been hewn into the base stones of the castle. They moved with a choreography that suggested hive-mind domination, but Lyra's abilities felt for sparks of personal consciousness struggling against the arcane energy that was consuming their pack bonds singly."Touch," she gasped, extending her mind to the nearest corrupted warrior whose armor bore the insignia of Captain Blake's former mountain regiment. She felt his horror at witnessing his own hands perform acts that de
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