MATED TO MY BROTHER'S ENEMY
Boom, light exploded out, white as lightning, burning hot.
Kael howled. Not in a dignified way, either. The silver bands flared, the junk he’d pumped in getting fried out by the holy fire of “not today, Satan.” His grip slipped, sweat popping across his forehead.
“The runes are absolute!” he gasped. “You can’t undo them!”
Lyra rolled her eyes and shoved harder, silver on silver, old power on old wounds. “I’m not breaking them, genius. I’m fixing them. Giving them a reboot. Taking out your garbage.”