hin the house. She swiped her hand across the air, and the hidden aqueous layer twinkled

ufla

, she let it out—the beast s

soothing chill along her nerves. Emerging deer-like horns, fangs, and claws refined themselves as they felt strong traces of divinity from the silver fronds—the ext

inwardly. It had been a while sin

up her head, fire swords surged out from her maw, branchi

they fell into the small pond covered by water lilies. Wriggling in the air, she floated a

end this cycle once and for all.' S

ntered the living room through the slid

you have ti

Mr. Hayden?" She wiped the be

therly smile. "Let'

ow

Come

me a second to ch

*

ile Miracle gazed far beyond—into the sky at the other end. Its tone was darke

gloomy

ight?" Hayden approached the small

acle uttered un

was busy flipping the meats and checking

ssed meats—weren't interesting to her until her feet came to an unexpected stop in front of a butcher stall. Intriguing thuds of the knife slamming onto t

od was right be

His eyes met hers as he pricked the hook int

hook her hea

he suppose

of the meat was d

en shivers suddenly swam down her spine as if so

red to herself, dropping t

as at the counter, she quickly ran into the dark

er without looking for any change. The cashier was clueless, but he ha

le from being led to the right source. Time was ticking away, and her heart was leaping into her throat. The m

ruggling to stand upright, while

he malevolent glare, drifting its at

e. Her attack wasn't working. She kneed the wicked creature onto the ground and continued shooting the flames into its chest. Within seconds, the body started

rist and surged toward the green puff. She had it for a moment. However, it was

y f

ew her punches into the

of defeat she had never felt before. A pang of guilt streaked through her when she saw the vicious wound ac

"What are we going to do about this, Mr. Hayden?" She str

sighed. "Let's

n moved his eyes to the red organ inside the wound. To his surprise, i

Wha

n't inching to save the boy f

te of shock, she hissed

ne hairs behind her neck. Miracle pressed a sm

etween her bloody fingers. "Oh, air. Please be ki