His mind raced, searching for answers, for some explanation that made sense, but nothing did. The power she was wielding, the transformation—it was beyond anything he'd encountered.
Could this be him? The thought of the Angelic Society's skeleton reaper flickered in his mind. The captain who could manipulate the dead, twist life itself. But why would he be involved with Jade? Could he have done this to her?
There was no time to ponder. Jade's attacks came faster, more aggressive. Masabi barely managed to roll out of the way as her skeletal hand slammed into the ground where he had just been, the flames scorching the earth in an instant. She's trying to break me.
