Chapter 182: Cain.

I turn the coupled staff and Chalice into a star.

It darts into the sky and a smile kind of lines my face. My body hums with power and it’s a silver kind of energy. One that fills me up and threatens to warp the space around me but I hold it back.

They must not get their hands on the Lycan’s flame.

I tighten my hands around my swords and meet Rafie and Alizadeh when they strike. The force of their strike sends tremors down the line of my arm but my magic absorbs it before it causes any damage.

We make eye contact for the briefest second before we separate and the attacks come again with renewed fervor.

Alizadeh slashes for my abdomen while Rafie goes for my head but I move with the momentum of their strikes, too close that their blades are just an inch from grazing me yet just out of reach that it never does.

They do not relent and I let us fall into a rhythm. The clang of our swords rings out and a sonic boom follows whenever we collide. The chalice and the staff hover miles above us