Chapter 96
Dax lay in the center of a massive crater, eyes shut.
Half his body was exposed — black bones gleaming beneath the moonlight where flesh had been torn away by the god's blast. His breathing was shallow. His heart beat slow and labored.
Master!
Inerous's voice cut through the haze of pain, tense and urgent.
He's preparing another one.
She could sense the massive energy fluctuations gathering above — the Blood God drawing power from somewhere deep and terrible. And beneath that power, the sickening loss of life spreading through the city like a plague.
For the first time, Inerous sounded truly uncertain.
In a blink, another beam blasted toward the crater — traveling with destructive glory, tearing through the air and leaving nothing but heat and pressure in its wake.
Dax's eyes snapped open.
Like he was possessed.
