The creature that emerged was nothing like the small companion Noah had first bonded with. This was an apex predator evolved to its prime form – a wyvern of impossible proportions.
Its wingspan stretched wider than a small dropship, each powerful beat leaving contrails of frost in the air. Scales blacker than deep space covered its form, absorbing light rather than reflecting it, making its true dimensions difficult to gauge. But where the scales overlapped at joints and along its spine, electric blue energy pulsed beneath, creating luminous channels that ran the length of its body like circuitry.
Storm's head was a masterpiece of lethal efficiency – angular and crowned with swept-back horns that curved like phase blades. Each scale along its jaw was edged in that same electric blue, creating a pattern that highlighted its savage beauty. Eyes gleamed like twin blue stars, pupilless and cold, scanning the landscape below with predatory focus.
