The Underworld Trials of Luna
“Mine! It is mine! It is –“
I flick my eyes down to him and whip out my hand. Then, almost casual, I let out my own stream of power in a wide beam of light that emanates from my palm.
His scream of horror and pain is instant and chilling. But I press my mouth to a thin line as the God of Death crumbles physically away before me, his flesh falling away to ash, his bones mouldering before my eyes.
In the end, all that remains is a little pile of ash with a stunning silver knife at its center. A ghostly shade crouches to the side, whimpering. I bind that with a look, wrapping it in ghostly chains, stealing its voice.