Chapter 210
Clara crashed hard into the cavern wall, her shot veering wide. Disoriented, she pushed herself up, eyes snapping to Aiden in disbelief. Why would he—?
He didn't need to explain.
Because when Clara looked at where she had been standing a moment earlier, her stomach dropped.
The ground there was warped — twisted, distorted in a way that made the air itself ripple. One step closer and she would've been caught in whatever trap the scorpion had laid.
Aiden hadn't attacked her. He had saved her.
The beast had played its part so well that Clara had, just moments ago, thought she might have gained an advantage.
But now, as she glanced at the place where she had been standing earlier, a chill ran down her spine. The space there was… wrong — warped and twisted, as if reality itself had been shredded.
A dreadful thought gripped her. What would happen if the five elemental powers were combined and focused on a single point? She hadn't known the answer before.
