Silence swallowed the battlefield, not just at their position but across the entire capitol. All eyes were on her.
Francis stared upward.
For the first time since arriving here, the grin on his face disappeared completely.
His claws flexed slowly.
Every instinct inside him screamed.
The pressure pouring from the sky was overwhelming.
His skin crawled violently as if every nerve in his body already understood one terrifying truth.
She could reach him whenever she wanted.
Distance meant nothing.
CRACK!
The lightning around Aris intensified.
KRRRRRRKKK—
Entire sections of cloud vaporized around her descent. White arcs lashed across the sky like living creatures before snapping back toward her wings.
Each flap distorted the air itself.
Francis narrowed his eyes.
"...Interesting."
But his voice no longer carried the same confidence as before.
Below him, chunks of broken concrete slowly lifted off the ground.
