“Call…”
Logan exhaled a long, steadying breath. It was finally over.
This had been his first time facing an opponent of equal realm—an opponent whose strength had forced him to fight at his limit.
And inside that man’s body… there had been something else. Not true energy, not the usual flow of a master’s power, but some strange and alien force he could not name.
But whatever it was, the threat was gone.
Footsteps rustled through the forest.
Grace and the others emerged from the treeline, moving cautiously. When their eyes swept over the scorched earth and blood-red lake, fear flickered openly across their faces.