Kai froze.
Ralts.
Gone in an instant. Swallowed whole like nothing more than a morsel.
His shadow flexed underfoot, responding to his sudden spike of rage and panic. His breath hitched, chest heavy with the gravity of what he'd just witnessed. But he only allowed himself a single moment of grief before instinct and fury surged forward.
"You fucking flying lizard!" His voice cracked like thunder. "Give Ralts back right-"
The wyvern alpha's belly glowed from within, pulsing with foreign magic. It jerked, wings spasming, throat convulsing, as it stumbled back with a strange gurgle.
Then, it exploded.
Chunks of crimson meat, bone, and blackened scale rained down in a grotesque display. From within the carnage, a glowing figure floated down like a ruined star descending from the heavens. Or hell.
Ralts. She was back. Uninjured.
Her robes were covered in mucus, her expression calm, disdainful, even.
