Kael's fingers brushed hers.
The moment skin met skin
The world shattered.
Not outward.
Inward.
The sound collapsed into silence so completely it hurt. Light bent toward them like gravity had reversed its fundamental nature. The massive claw tearing through the moon froze mid-motion, suspended against the broken sky like a photograph of apocalypse.
And then
Impact.
Silver and black energy detonated from their joined hands, spiraling upward in a blinding column that split the heavens cleanly in two, carving reality like a blade through silk.
Kael felt it enter him.
Not like possession, he'd felt that before, knew what violation tasted like.
This was an expansion.
