Chapter 131. Show Us the Truth

Much like watching a wet baseball thrown hard, losing its water content and spewing traces in the air as it hurls at speed, I send something like a transparent orb at him from my splayed hand. It travels fast and straight, slowing down time and space, so I see it happening almost in slow motion. It hits him right in the chest with so much force it makes an echoing thud that reverberates around the clearing. It has a similar effect to that of the bear, only with less velocity and rage behind it, more shock, more focus, and a reaction more than anything. Deacon goes from jumping towards Colton with intent to being rammed harshly in the chest by my orb and thrown a few feet behind him into the side of the vehicle. He comes to a shuddering halt as his body slams it and dents it like I just canon-balled it with a steel boulder.

He stops dead, groaning in pain, the air silencing around us as he slides down the side of the truck, winded, gasping for air, and in utter shock as his pac