Kaito grabbed her wrist.
The illusion cracked like glass.
Behind her beautiful form—
Lay a monstrous mass of screaming faces woven into her body.
"You would enslave them," he said coldly.
Seraphyne's smile widened unnaturally.
"Freedom is inefficient."
Her claws shot forward.
Kaito twisted aside, shadow wings forming mid-motion.
They collided above the city, shockwaves shattering windows.
Seraphyne's voice echoed inside his mind.
"You can't protect both sides forever."
He answered with silence.
Then drove a shadow blade straight through her chest.
But she did not dissolve.
She laughed.
"I am not like Vaelor."