Everything was burning.
Not literally, but in my head? It was pure static. Screams. Steel. Threads. Dust.
And right in the middle of that swirling chaos was the body of Bearrend.
The boss monster.
It was massive—easily three stories tall, or it had been before it collapsed into itself like a rotting mountain.
Its armored hide was cracked in too many places to count, black blood leaking like thick ink into the ground, hissing on contact with the soil.
Something about it glowed faintly, like a dying star. That was what kicked all this off. Its death.
Its points.
We all saw it fall, and every team made the same mistake at the same time: we hesitated.
Now?
Now we were at each other's throats.
The second the forest lit up again, all hell truly broke loose.
Everyone moved.
Everyone…except me.
Team A.
Team B.
Team C—well, minus Lina and Kane, who were already dead thanks to Lucas and Isla by the way.
As for me?
My legs wouldn't move.
