The Hidden Hybrid’s Redemption
Through the swirling mountain frost above, a shape finally detached itself from the upper dark of the staircase.
It wasn't an armored titan. It was a slender, wire-muscled hunter clad in close-fitting, oil-skinned leather that didn't reflect the pale mountain starlight. His face was entirely hidden behind a dark brass breather-mask, his eyes obscured by twin lenses of smoked glass that glowed with a faint, predatory green hue. In his right hand, he carried a long, thin flamberge—a wavy-bladed sword designed to saw through flesh and silver mesh with minimal physical resistance.
He didn't pause to offer words. He didn't hesitate at the sight of the Hybrid Queen or the ruined Alpha.