Chapter 112

• Pain surged around me, alive and wild. Lightning crackled, each burst igniting my skin and searing my breath. The electric heat was a pulsing beast, consuming everything, leaving only the furious dance of blinding white color in my vision. I felt it deep inside, a spark like nothing I’ve ever felt before. A rumble of strength, shaking the world beneath me. Magnus’ voice echoed through the chaos, his concern a distant murmur. The queen’s crystal shimmered, casting sparks like stars, white-hot and unrelenting. I stumbled, gasping. The power grew, rising with a reckless hunger, and I felt it all … burning, wild, a sleeping storm awakening within me. Pressure was building inside of me, ready to reveal itself.
• The ground shook violently, and I felt electricity crawl over me. At first, I tried to fight it. I gasped for air, trying to grasp the magnitude of it all. It was relentless, sparking with energy that overwhelmed my senses. Each pulse was a jolt, charging me with its intensity, demanding my strength. It was inside me, deep and furious, a storm waiting to be unleashed. I struggled to breathe, to stand, to withstand the force of what I could barely comprehend.
• The queen’s crystal shone with a white light that was almost blinding. Sparks rained around me, each one a white-hot promise of the power I couldn’t contain. I saw Magnus through the blur, his face marked with fear as he looked at me helplessly. I was lost in the fury, each second stretching with unknown time. The world vibrated, and my heart pounded with a reckless rhythm. A strength I didn’t know I had swelled inside me, and something switched. I was no longer trying to fight it or contain it. I was going to embrace it and harness it. If this power was mine, then I would seize it.