My body trembled from the pain crashing through my head.
I dropped to my knees, clutching my skull with both hands.
The throbbing kept growing. I tried to take slow, steady breaths, but it didn't help. Before I could even guess what was happening, another jolt of pain flared in my chest.
My heart thumped hard, once and then stopped.
A moment of silence.
Then the floodgates burst open.
Every drop of Essence that had remained in my core surged out like a furious tide, blasting through my heart and flooding the channels I had carved.
It didn't feel controlled or calm, it was wild, angry, like a storm rampaging inside me.
I cried out as pain shot through every part of my body. The Essence didn't stop. It kept rising, kept burning, until I could feel it escaping my body, through my mouth, my nose, my eyes, my skin, even the top of my head.
Purple flames of Essence covered me from head to toe, burning without heat, searing without fire.
