The Devil's Broken Doll
Apollo stood at the edge of the strategy dais, one hand braced against the carved lip, the other hovering above the living map as if his palm alone could hold the world steady.
His fingers flexed once against the stone, a subtle tightening that fractured hairline cracks along the edge. He did not notice. His focus had narrowed into something predatory, and predators did not feel splinters when prey was in motion.
Devilfire moved beneath his skin in disciplined crimson threads, never fully surfacing, but present in every breath, every flex of tendon, every tightening of his jaw when the projection flashed with another rupture along the western ridge. His wings were half-spread behind him, mem