But a Seraphim of great power.
An ethereal essence that demanded these angelsbowto a new purpose.
Sensation.
Life.
Feeling.
Emotion.
Fire lashed at her being, pouring through her veins in an invisible stroke of power that traveled down her arms into the earth once more. She was a spirit possessed by grief and anger and determination.
Tears clouded her vision.
The night caressed her senses.
Everything was beauty personified, the souls dancing around her at her command, bowing beneath her energy.
The intensityhurt.
She couldn’t breathe. Couldn’t move. A slave to the sensation of this purge.
Until finally the quiet met her ears.
Glorified silence.
A whisper of acceptance.
A glimmer oflight.
She swallowed, her head bowed as she studied her hands. They appeared normal, still pale, her nails dirtied with the grime of the rocks but otherwise exactly as they’d always been. Yet she could feel a buzz of static energy brushing her skin and emboldening her spirit.
So much power, she marveled, staring at her palms as though they held all the answers.
Aya, Issac breathed into her mind.Are you all right?
I don’t know,she admitted.I… I feel like I… imploded?
You brought all the Seraphim to their knees,he told her.They’re… weeping.
Her brow furrowed, her focus going to Adriel, Kital, and Arvane and finding that they were indeed crying.
H-how?She swallowed again, her stomach clenching at the sight of these powerful beings kneeling and looking at her with reverence and awe in their gazes.
Her mother’s expression resembled the same worship, as did Lizzie’s.
Stas shook her head. “I… I don’t…”
A slow clap started from her left, the sound disturbing the silence around them.
She blinked, her heart thudding rapidly in her chest. Then she slowly followed the sound.
And found Osiris leaning against a tree, his suit-clad legs crossed at the ankles as though there hadn’t been an eruption of power only seconds ago.
“Well done, granddaughter,” he praised. “Now, can you re-create that power and use it on an entire island of Seraphim?”
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