Triple Temptation
POV: Rhea Mooncrest
"Ash, no! What are you doing?"
Rhea watched in horror as the Shadow-Ash began to glow with a blinding, unstable light. The obsidian plates on his body were cracking, and instead of violet shadows leaking out, it was a brilliant, pure white—the stolen light of the World-Tree. Ash wasn't just draining the Tree anymore; he was absorbing the entire core into his own body, turning himself into a living bomb of spiritual energy.
"He's taking the hit!" Zane yelled, his voice now entirely human, thin and reedy. He was clutching his chest, his eyes wide with terror. "Rhea, he's pulling the entire connection into himself! He's going to blow the Under-Whisper apart!"