My aura ignited, no longer restrained by fear or doubt.
My mana screamed from me like a supernova.
My primordial wrath surged into the heavens, turning the very air into a furnace.
They wanted the Devil?
Then so be it.
I'll give them a front-row seat to Armageddon.
I dropped from the sky in a single, controlled descent and landed beside my girls. Lyra nearly collapsed the moment we landed. She didn't speak, didn't whimper, just gave me a tired nod and a trembling smile through bloodied lips.
I caught her gently, then turned to Seraphiel. "She's yours. Heal her, please."
Seraphiel was already reaching for her bow, already in the middle of transforming it into a staff and calling on divine energy, but she hesitated for a moment as she looked at Lyra's scorched, beaten frame. But then, she shook her head and refocused, ready to heal her friend who was about to fall.