Cara stood motionless for several long moments, her chest rising and falling in a steady rhythm as she caught her breath from their intense battle. The air around her still shimmered with residual energy from the powers she had unleashed, creating an almost otherworldly atmosphere that made everything seem slightly unreal. With a graceful gesture, she dismissed her sword, the radiant blade dissolving into motes of pure light that danced around her fingers before fading into nothingness.
The brilliant aura that had transformed her into something resembling a divine warrior began to coalesce and slowly disperse, the luminous energy drawing inward like a reverse explosion of light. Layer by layer, the celestial radiance peeled away from her form, revealing the girl beneath the goddess-like power. The process was mesmerizing to watch—streams of golden light flowing across her skin like liquid starlight before evaporating into the afternoon air.
