MAX POV.
Pain. That was the first thing I felt. The silver burned like fire inside my side. Every breath felt like a knife twisting deeper into the wound. Yet somehow, I barely noticed it. My eyes remained fixed on Sierra. The battlefield had fallen silent. Completely silent. The fighting was over. Gerald was gone. His loyal followers had vanished with him beneath the raging flood. Only the survivors remained. And all of them stared at the young woman standing in the center of the clearing.
Sierra. Water dripped from her clothes. From her hair. From her fingertips. The purple glow slowly faded from her eyes. The terrifying power that had shaken the earth itself was retreating. Leaving behind only a frightened young woman. For a moment our eyes met. I wasn't sure if she even saw me. She l
