Chapter 12 The Shattered Seal
A spasm of pure dread flickered across her face, her breath hitching. The raw energy coiling within her felt foreign, like a beast thrashing inside her ribs. She clenched her fists, trying to steady herself, to force the power back to submission. But it refused.
"Wake up."
A powerful voice echoed in her head. The dragon's molten gold eyes bore into her, and the longer she stared, the more her head throbbed-like something inside her was unraveling. A hidden force, something ancient, something hungry.
" No, why...."
Pain exploded in her skull.
Thud.
She fell unconscious.
The moment the barrier shattered, a shockwave of searing heat rolled through the hall. Smoke curled like ghostly tendrils, thick and suffocating. Students coughed, shielding their faces, but Stefan did not move.
His blue-lit gaze pierced through the haze.
And then he saw her.
Lying motionless amidst the charred wreckage, Olivia's body was streaked with soot, her bare skin scorched yet strangely untouched. The air around her pulsed faintly, as if something unseen still clung to her..watching, waiting.