In plain sight, they fueled up like batteries, sucking in this firstlight. Nausea constricted her throat. All the Drops people made, the secondlight the dead handed over … All the power of the people of Midgard, the power the people gave them … it was gobbled up by the Asteri and used against its citizens. To control them. Even the Vanir rebels who were killed fighting had their souls fed to the very beasts they were trying to overthrow. They were all just food for the Asteri. A never-ending supply of power. Bryce began shaking. The veins of light wending beneath her feet, glowing and vibrant
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