The air smelled like smoke and stardust.
Ra's breathing was shallow, her skin slick with sweat, blood, and the high-frequency sting of dark plasma still ricocheting through the ruins of the command outpost. The fractured stars overhead blinked in and out behind cracked glass as she staggered forward, knees weak.
"Don't move," Tyler barked through gritted teeth.
But she did. Of course, she did. She always did.
From behind the fallen steel beams, a rogue Void Wraith reared back, black talons...