Fury replaced pain when she focused long enough on the newcomers to recognize Lith.
"Leech!" A red flame appeared over her head, and the Dryad breathed a burst of Fire Soul at him.
The ward's arrays dispelled the corrupted fire and restricted the Dryad's movements. Her body writhed and spasmed in anger, her features shapeshifting from Dryad to Upyr nonstop for a while, before she stopped struggling.
"Leech." Her voice was a whisper coated in poison.
"Long story short, this is Althika, and she was fine until the day the Dead King attacked the Undead Court branch of Bornar. Then, that silver flame appeared over mother and child.
"At first, everyone rejoiced, thinking Althika had discovered a new bloodline ability thanks to her unborn baby. Yet less than a day later, something went terribly wrong. She was experimenting with her new powers when a patch of her body mutated.
