SONG OF THE CHAPTER: “Radioactive” by Imagine Dragons

IVARA'S POV:

The air is thick with gasoline and iron, heavy enough that every breath tastes like a warning. The abandoned rail yard is tonight’s “neutral ground,” but neutrality died the moment the message was sent.

Floodlights hum overhead, washing rusted freight containers and cracked asphalt in a sickly glow. Shadows stretch long and jagged, like claws waiting to rip through us.

Dravens are on one side. Kael’s ...