The Alpha's Prickly Porcupine
The air becomes heavy, charged with a pre-storm intensity.
The moonstone on Aichonne's finger, which had been glowing with a soft, protective luminescence, suddenly turns.
It flares.
A jagged, corrupted black light erupts from the stone, a pitch-dark energy that tastes like ash, rot, and the deepest, most ancient betrayals. It isn't just a signal; it’s a parasite. It reaches out, tendrils of shadow lashing against the wind. The royal sky-mount beneath us screams, a sound of raw, unadulterated agony as its wings stiffen, paralyzed by the sudden, violent surge of dark, necromantic magic.