The bold, calculated voice lingered in the air as Raiden's head whipped frantically from side to side, searching for its source, his expression betraying raw fear and confusion.
"Don't move!" The voice boomed, its sinister echoes twisting through the air.
Raiden's body pulled back instinctively, confusion etched across his face as his expression cracked further under the weight of incomprehension.
"Am I going insane?" he whispered, holding Ash like a lifeline.
"No, you aren't." The voice replied, its tone marginally warmer than moments before. "I know what your heart desires. Obey me, and it shall be yours."
Raiden's expression hardened into a sneer, eyes narrowing with disdain. What kind of fool did this voice think he was? Desperate as he might be for understanding, he wasn't stupid enough to trust something so brazenly forward.
"Why don't you reveal yourself so we can talk?"
