Marked From Birth
Vertical ribbons of crimson, indigo, and emerald fire lanced through the atmosphere, ionizing the air until it smelled of ozone and burnt sugar.
"The thermal shield is gone!" Vane’s voice screamed through the comms, barely audible over the roar of the collapsing tower. "Audrey, the city of Solaria is melting! The glass is turning back into sand!"
Inside the Throne Room, the world was falling apart in slow motion. The floor, once a vibrating surface of gold, was now cracking into jagged floes of obsidian. Aurielle was no longer a goddess of light; she was a flickering ghost, her form oscillating between a woman and a silhouette of static.