ness was
ps. Every impact sent a sickening crack through her frame. Her
e ancient stone, the runes car
burn her skin; it bypassed her flesh completely and seared directl
f copper. Her hands shook violently, but she forced her fin
She brought the vial to her mouth and bit dow
ack and swallowed the
e. The magic rushed through her veins, aggressively knitting he
ng her apart from the outside. She was trappe
silver light exploded from the metal, forming a thin, tight membrane ar
t acted like a black hole, greedily sucking in the residual en
st all
dragged her battered body across the rough sto
nto a flat, roc
black miasma. Freezing rain lashed against her face, stinging her open wounds. S
itself from the ro
dim light. He hadn't been stationed here. He was a scavenger, sneaking down to the ed
s chest rising and fal
ummon the chaos mana, but her muscles were completely locked. Her body
wly melted into a
fted his heavy, steel-toed boot and brought
ck echoed i
vision swam with black spots. She glared up
ered, spitting a wad of phlegm onto the roc
es locking onto the silv
grunted, grabbing her ar, the bracelet violently discharged. A loud cra
d. The skin on his fingers w
e twisted in humiliated rage. He drew
bitch!"
ulled his leg back and kicked
ne. Half of her body slipped over the edge of the cliff. Th
tus laughed, and he stomped his boot direct
ra
sumed her. Cletus's laughter faded as she plu
ng her, the chaos core flared to life. It devoured the dark energy
p away, two bright, mechanical beams o
l glider made of scrap metal a
avy leather coats were
the pilot, a boy with goggles na
ollar of her uniform, hauling her onto the metal deck. Kira's hands immediately
diving deeper into the un
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