The entity pushed back. It forcefully exerted its absolute dominion over the host's nervous system.
Nothing happened…
And in that fleeting window of hesitation, Sirius seized absolute control of his own jaw.
"Luna." The tamer gasped, fighting for every single syllable as his jaw trembled strongly. "Execute me… Right now!"
"No!" Luna was already sobbing, tears cutting clean tracks through the ash on her porcelain cheeks. "No, Dad, I am absolutely not going to…"
"I cannot hold the line for much longer." A brutal spasm racked his torso, the thick, black veins pulsing dangerously close to his eyes. "Do it before it…!"
Watching the man fight a losing war, Liu forced his system deeper into the abyss.
