The divine lattice still clung to Oizys in spiraling ribbons when Samael arrived, cutting through space like a spear hurled from a god's hand.
She landed squarely in front of Kivas, arms already half-spread to shield her, wings unfolding with silent urgency.
She glanced at the restrained figure in the middle of the glyph eruption, then at Kivas.
"I leave you alone for one hour," Samael said, voice dangerously calm, "and you immediately cheat on me by giving someone else a Genesis Cor, really?"
Kivas blinked. Her wry smile pulled sideways.
"It was either that or risk getting wiped by someone I don't even recognize. I would've loved to ask for your opinion, but time was literally melting."
Samael clicked her tongue and gave a curt nod, eyes narrowing at the glowing web still binding Oizys.
"I'm not sure it worked this time."
