The air between them shattered.
With a single silent pulse of Adam's aura, the cracked street split apart under his bare feet, sending jagged lines rippling outward in trembling webs of broken earth. The glyphs across his robe burned gold and white, flickering with living light that danced along his pale skin in thin streams. His long black hair drifted upward in the quiet pressure of his magic, flicking softly against his expressionless face.
Lilith smirked faintly. The shadows at her feet coiled upward, wrapping around her legs in writhing serpents of pitch darkness. Her crimson aura pulsed outward, pressing silent waves of force into the crumbling buildings around them. Windows exploded inward. Steel beams twisted and screamed as her presence flickered through them in silent tremors of absolute power.
Adam raised his hand.
