LUNA POV
I threw myself between Shadow-Aiden and baby Hope just as his dark energy blast tore through the air where the infant had been seconds before.
The attack hit me square in the chest, sending pain like ice through my veins. But I didn't fall. Five years of foreign training had taught me to stand strong even when everything hurt.
"You always were too slow, Luna," Shadow-Aiden sneered, preparing another attack. "In my reality, I killed you years ago for being weak."
"Good thing this isn't your reality," I shot back, wiping blood from my mouth. Around me, the arena filled with more shadow versions spilling through dimensional cracks. Shadow-Brock flexed muscles that looked wrong somehow. Shadow-Elder Iris cackled with knowledge turned cruel. Shadow-Dr. Sarah carried medical tools like weapons.
But what scared me most was seeing Shadow-Luna step through a portal, wearing the same face as mine but with eyes full of hate.
