The return to Oakhaven was a blinding streak of solar plasma that tore through the sky. It announced the first true victory of the celestial war with the deafening crack of a sonic boom.
Kael broke his supersonic flight just above the golden dome of Sanctuary. He dropped smoothly through the Prime Origin barrier and landed with a heavy, metallic thud in the exact center of the silver grass. He set Valeria down gently on her feet. The dark hair of the Warlord was windswept from the intense velocity of their descent. Her combat leathers smelled faintly of ozone and pure heat, but her glowing amethyst eyes burned with the absolute, intoxicating thrill of an offensive triumph.
The courtyard was already buzzing with the immediate aftermath of their success. The changes in the valley were impossible to ignore.
"The systemic synchronization is absolutely flawless," Ignis reported loudly.
