Chapter 278 Liam’s Arrival
Clark’s shadow soared overhead once more, his black wings slicing through the sky like blades. Vanessa kept her eyes on him, every instinct screaming at her to stay alert, to dodge, to move.
But she didn’t expect what came next.
From his pocket, Clark suddenly pulled out a small black device no larger than a deck of cards. His arm swung low, and with terrifying precision, he hurled it toward the ground.
Vanessa saw the throw and reacted instantly, leaping sideways in a sharp teleportation blur.
She made it.
Or so she thought.
The device didn’t explode on contact like a normal grenade. It pulsed for half a second, then—
BOOM!
A violent blast of blue light burst from the point of impact, spreading out in a perfect dome of shimmering energy. It wasn’t fire. It wasn’t shrapnel. It was raw, surging electricity—rippling across the dome in sharp veins of lightning.
Vanessa was still in midair when the shockwave caught her.
The explosion threw her against the inner edge of the dome, her body smacking into the curved energy field before bouncing off like a ragdoll. Sparks crawled all over her body, creeping under her skin, over her nerves, stabbing pain into every fiber of her being. She couldn’t scream—her jaw clenched too tightly, her muscles locked in convulsion.
She fell to the ground with a thud, body twitching.