"Kael?"
His skin glowed faintly with dark sigils etched along his arms. His scarlet eyes burned, two curved horns jutted from his head, and behind him, leathery bat-like wings folded and stretched lazily.
Even the air around him distorted, vibrating with demonic power.
Alice trembled.
"W-What…?" she whispered. "This energy… this aura…"
Her fingers tightened around her staff, trying to summon more power instinctively.
Kael took another step.
Shiera, still weak from her torture, barely managed to lift her head. Her vision blurred, but what she saw made her heart lurch. "Kael…?" She was just as shocked as Alice. "How?"
Kael looked at Alice, no longer the mild man caught in the middle of two powerful women. There was no fear in his eyes. Only absolute calmness.
He raised a hand, and Sith's body vanished in a swirl of shadows, whisked away.
Alice's hand trembled, her fingers twitching near her staff. Her glowing white eyes narrowed as she studied the figure before her.
