The Last Heiress
"Raina, come down here now!"
I didn't move, I couldn't move. I was watching the end of the world in real-time, and my feet had apparently decided they had no further use for the rest of my body.
The screaming intensified. I could hear it now, coming from all directions—the sound of thousands of people dying, of civilization crumbling.
Fire erupted in multiple locations across the town, smoke rising up to choke out the stars. The creatures weren't just destroying the walls; they were destroying everything, and they moved with purpose, with coordination, as if they weren't mindless beasts but something far more sinister.