Chrome and Claws
Her breath caught, she could swear she almost saw it in the smoke, a blade of obsidian flame, hungry and waiting.
And then another whisper, but not Nyxian’s this time. This one was different, distant and melodic, like water running over stone.
“Not all guardians will burn, little Goddess. Some will drown you instead.”
She staggered, gripping her head.
A man’s laughter rippled through her skull, smooth and cold as she saw flashes of a figure in water, pale hair streaming like moonlight with eyes the color of a sea storm.
Another guardian.
Her stomach twisted.
Malrik had been right, her awakening was calling them and they would come; whether as a friend, lover,threat or ally.