Her words hit me like a slap. I stared at her, everything inside me trembling. “My parents created the shadows…”
“Yes.” She said, grinning. “And they’ll finish what they started. You’ll join them soon.”
That was it. I snapped.
I stepped forward, breaking free from Asher’s grip. “No. I won’t join them. I’ll end them.”
The mark on my chest flared, blinding white. Power surged through me, stronger than anything I had ever felt. My body shook with it, my skin burning, my vision going white around the edges.
Asher shouted my name, but I barely heard him. The world faded away. All I could feel was the raw, unstoppable energy bursting through my veins.
The shadows lunged. I raised both hands and let the power go.
Light exploded from me, silver and white mixed with gold and gray. The ground
