Seraphina thrust a claw through the shattered stone and hooked it into a breach that had not yet fully repaired. She smashed the rocks ahead aside with her head, then spread her wings and blasted the remaining debris away, finally breaking free.
By then, Ataneya's fox tails had already caught the stone giant.
All twelve wrapped around its neck, limbs, and waist, pinning its enormous body in midair.
Seraphina's timing was perfect.
All the rage she had built up while trapped inside that stone shell finally had somewhere to go.
Spiraling currents gathered around her front claws. The winds intensified, forcing the nearby gray-white forest toward the ground. Trees bent and toppled in the same direction.
Seraphina beat her wings and charged the stone giant head-on.
It did not dodge.
Nor did it attempt to raise another defense.
The giant watched Seraphina hurtle toward it, its bloodred eyes still shining even as its body went completely still.
It knew it was about to die.
