I looked up and watched the sky split apart. Lightning tore through the clouds and surged straight down into my body.
A power unlike anything I'd ever felt before roared through my veins, wild and untamed, like a storm given flesh.
My stomach twisted, my chest burned as though fire and thunder had been poured into me, and my heartbeat pounded in sync with the lightning cracking above.
The force of the lightning exploded outward, throwing Finn and everyone nearby into the air. The ground trembled beneath my feet, stones cracking as a shockwave rippled. Dust and debris whirled in every direction.
Below the dais, the crowd screamed, shielding their eyes from the blinding light, then fell silent as the impact of the power pressed down on them, forcing them to their knees.
I stood slowly. When I lifted my hands, arcs of lightning curled across my skin, wrapping around my fingers in mesmerizing patterns. They didn't hurt, they crawled along my arms like living threads of light.
