Violent Speed

Lysandra’s POV

“Impossible,” I hissed. The word slipped through my teeth before my conscious mind could stop it, a desperate, hollow denial of the nightmare unfolding right in front of us.

The colossal beast dragged its gargantuan, misshapen bulk over the rim of the smoking crater. Thick, billowing plumes of ash parted around its towering frame. It was a staggering mountain of malformed anatomy