After Tof disappeared with Otso and Nyssa, a heavy silence lingered in the air. Ethan lay on the ground, his body trembling from exhaustion and covered in wounds.
His mind was in chaos, his heart shattered by the devastation and loss. Yet within him, something darker began to stir, something foreign and dangerous. The power of the Heart of the Apex that once granted him incredible strength was now spiraling out of control, becoming increasingly harder to restrain.
In desperation and guilt, Ethan felt his breathing grow heavier. Each breath he took felt sharp, as if filled with poison.
A strange thirst crept over him not a mere thirst for water or sustenance, but something more primal, more savage. It felt like the urge to tear, rip, and destroy. The wild instinct that had previously been under control now began to take over.
Ethan's thoughts shifted to the lifeless bodies of Draven and Lina lying just meters away from him. His heart raced.
