Luna Rising
I asked again, quieter this time.
Her lips curved, a smile just for me. “Always.”
We turned back to the war. But the war had shifted. It wasn’t chaos anymore. We were gaining.
The hybrids closest to us moved with a split-second delay now, as though waiting for commands that no longer came. Two of them collided mid-lunge, both recalculating too late. A Silver Crest warrior took advantage, driving his blade through one’s ribs.
With James gone, this section of the web was fraying.