Chapter 179
A red haze filled my vision. Electricity pounded out of me like bullets from an Uzi, peppering Malik.
He gasped.
His flames swirled tighter and denser, the voltage racking through him. My magic slid through his fire like...
"Charged particles. I read about this." Ari pushed to his feet. "Hold him, Nee. You're putting him out."
The very shape of the demon's flames morphed. Every other time he'd gone fiery, he'd been in control, keeping the outline of a human form. This time there was no shape, merely a jagged blazing starburst; the only identifying features his eyes, now open wide.
"Keep the current oscillating," Ari made a back and forth motion with his hands. "But go hard."
Acting on pure impulse, I made a scooping motion with my good hand as if turning up the dial, the broken one cradled against my chest.
Malik shrunk into himself, getting smaller and smaller. An enraged roar poured out from deep in the center of the flames, bouncing off the walls.