Training the next day was brutal.
Lyren pushed her harder.
Longer.
Deeper into her flame.
"Control!" he commanded as she nearly collapsed.
"Again!"
Raya forced her trembling arms up. Flame flickered—wavered—then stabilized.
But then her chest tightened sharply.
A stabbing pain.
Raya screamed, falling to her knees.
"RAYA!" Eren ran to her.
Her veins glowed violently, silver light spreading across her skin.
Lyren's face drained of color.
"No… the Claim is cracking."
"What does that mean?" Eren demanded.
Lyren's voice trembled.
"It means the Sovereign is no longer knocking."
Raya gasped, eyes glowing.
Lyren continued, whispering the words Eren feared most:
"He is forcing his way in.
He is trying to take her from the inside."
Raya sc
reamed again—
And her flame exploded.