Pact of Blood
It was a kiss of war.
As their lips touched, the shadow-mark on Dave’s chest flared with a violent, violet light. Laura watched in horror as a stream of shimmering, obsidian energy—the very essence of the Pact—flowed out of Dave and into Sarah.
The air groaned. The platform under their feet buckled, cracking like ice under a heavy blow. Sarah didn't just accept the energy; she drank it in, her form solidifying, turning from a ghostly apparition into a being of absolute, terrifying presence. The betrayal hung in the air like ozone after a lightning strike.