Slightly taken aback by the sudden occurrence, Aiden and Flynn instantly went into a full-on state of alertness; mana sense and bloodlust immediately activated.
As the old woman's transformation slowly happened, so did the bookstore around the two youths.
Erasing itself as if it never even existed, the space around them transformed into a studded starry night's sky, full of countless twinkling stars, as if arranged on a velvety canvas of a cosmic space.
Against this backdrop were cascading waves of undulating and moving iridescent hues of colors, akin to the popular occurrence in our world known as the 'Northern lights'.
Intricately shimmering and shifting, the radiant shades of purples, electric blues, fiery pinks, glowing reds and shimmering greens, merged together in a breathtaking display of celestial wonder.
