n tear. She plummeted into a chaotic dimension of s

her astral form, bringing a tearing, b

of the storm, she

ons, its body etched with glowing, star-forged runes. Its eyes burned like dying

ve head. His icy gaze locked onto the tin

d. She offered him her soul-mark, burning with the dark, he

olent fire in her spirit. A flicker of genu

the dimension. He leaned forward and pressed his

snapped i

o force himself through the tiny dimensional crack Alana had op

ht of the matrix in the slum dorm sudde

AC

ipped over. Alana was thrown backward, her spine slamming hard against t

wly faded. Dust mote

ear her vision, expecting t

in the center of the scorch

host woven from starlight. It was covered in an illusion of fluffy, impossibly soft silver fur that shimmered with cosmic dust. The

tared at the harmless little furball,

making soft tapping sounds. It sniff

mall pink tongue and g

ed in absolute shock as the torn flesh knitted itself back t

n ear-piercing shriek. The screen

tified High-Dimensio

d by glowing gold letters that

nfirmed

ex-Tier (Exceeds S

ds Apex-Tier. A massive, overwhelming wave of euphori

eeping. He raised a tiny silver paw

ly went black. Silenc

ircled twice, and curled up into a

she touched him, a massive surge of pure, raw energy rushed up her arm, flooding her empty

her chest. Her eyes narrowed, the s

red, and Charmaine into the dark room, a sm