Dragon Clan

A freezing streak cleaved the air. Lightning flared around the falcon's wings as it instinctively attempted to dodge. It managed only a half-flutter to the side before the spike struck home, piercing clean through its body in a burst of razor-sharp ice shards.

A thunderous crack accompanied the impact, and a flurry of freezing mist bloomed outward like a final, silent explosion.

For one eternal heartbeat, everything went still. Nix could only watch as the falcon hovered, impaled on the massive spike, wings twitching with residual electricity. 

Its eyes flickered, losing that fierce, lightning-laced glow. Then, with a mournful cry, it plummeted toward the ground. The towering icicle, still embedded in its chest, shattered on impact, sending fragments of crystalline frost scattering across the ravaged soil.