Still running like hell for my dear life, a spirit materializes directly in my path, its form more solid than the others. This one looks almost human, except for the void where its face should be.
"He calls for you," it says, its voice like ice cracking. "But you cannot help him. You cannot even help yourself."
I raise my hands, calling up what power I have left. But it feels uncontrolled. Magic sparks at my fingertips, then fizzles out. For the first time since becoming a hybrid, my wolf stirs beneath my skin, wanting to emerge, but even that feels distant.
"Your powers grow stronger," the spirit continues, "but they will destroy you, just as they destroyed her. Just as they will destroy everyone around you."
Nova shot at it while stepping Between us, her own power flaring. "Enough! You speak of balance, yet you interfere with forces beyond your understanding."