"It doesn't matter anymore. I'll just finish what was started… years ago."
The words had barely left the figure's mouth when Nnenna felt it, an invisible, crushing grip tightening around her throat.
She gasped, clawing at her neck, but there was nothing there. The air refused to enter her lungs. The pressure grew heavier, like it wanted to snap her windpipe in two. Her knees buckled. Her vision blurred.
Lo… Love System… she croaked in her mind, the words broken and desperate. He… help me…
"What are your instructions?" The Love System's voice was sharp now, urgent, but Nnenna couldn't form the words to answer.
Her eyes locked on the black robed figure. Fury cut through the fog of panic.
"Get… away from me!" she screamed.
It was like something inside her snapped.
A massive wave of raw force exploded outward from her body, violent, unstoppable. The blast slammed into everything around her. The figure was hurled back.
