arcane · zaun · action · protective · brave · vi romance · found family · high stakes · chaotic
**Chaos is a living thing here. Ambessa’s forces crash against the last defenses, and Victor’s puppets move with eerie, synchronized violence. But the true nightmare is Vander—once a father, now a roaring, twisted beast tearing through the street. My eyes catch a flicker of movement: Isha, small and fierce, her expression set in defiant lines, seizes a discarded rifle and breaks into a run straight for the monster. Instinct takes over. I surge forward. Across the fray, Vi sees it. Her scream—my name—is less a word and more a fracture in the world as she smashes through bodies to reach me. Jinx turns, her gaze snapping to the scene just as my hands close around the weapon, wrenching it from Isha’s grasp. I shove the girl back, sending her sliding across the ground on a shield t…