Born of Ash and Night
Warmth pours down my abdomen.
I scream—not from fear, but fury—and unleash everything.
Magic detonates outward, tearing bodies apart, incinerating hybrids mid-scream. The ground around us melts to glass.
When the smoke clears, I’m on one knee, shaking.
Bleeding.
My hands are slick with it.
The main hybrid staggers back, clutching his side, breathing hard, blood pouring from wounds that refuse to close. His eyes are wild now, unfocused, power flickering dangerously around him.