The monster's fated prey
"Lior, your nature is not wolf! You are the Void-born! Choose us, and we can contain the hunger. We can control the force that wants to consume you!"
Lior turned, his violet eyes igniting with a supernova-like brilliance. "I know my nature now! The bond revealed the secret you tried to bury. I am the shadow that remakes the world, and I will not be contained by your petty, grasping spells!"
He drove a surge of energy into the ground. The earth buckled, sending a wave of upheaval that shattered Elowen’s defensive wards and sent her stumbling back into the dark.
"Alliances are breaking!" Aziel shouted, his lungs burning. "Look at them! They're turning on each other. The bond is strengthening t