Kaiden planted one boot on the Countess's chest, yanking the crimson lance free. Disgusting, bile ichor hissed as it dripped from the weapon's tip, but the blood wasn't permitted to hit the ground as the Blood Monarch's Gauntlet greedily drank up every drop.
For a heartbeat, the battlefield went still.
"Kai!!" Aria's voice was the first to break the silence. The sharp edge she'd kept during the fight was suddenly gone as she rushed toward him.
"I knew it!" Luna sighed, rolling her eyes. But the girl was unable to hide the smirk tugging at her lips. "I could see it from a mile away… that thing's some OP shit."
Her smirk faded into a scoff. "Still, you used it way too recklessly." The emotion in her gaze was clear: worry. After all, Luna might've been a girl with a thorny exterior, but on the inside, she was a tender girl. She hadn't liked knowing her lover hurled himself from the sky with nothing but blood-forged steel between him and death.
