laceration

It was then that Alice used her magic again. With the forefinger of her left hand she pointed upwards at its throat. It was as if a long, thin, invisible blade had extended into the flesh of the vartek. As she moved her hand, a gash in the creature’s neck began to widen. The rivulet of blood became a steady stream, and then a torrent which gushed out with each slow pump of the beast’s heart.

She turned and headed back to the creature’s underbelly, where I’d made the other cut, and repeated the action. Now the vartek was haemorrhaging from two places. Black viscous blood was pouring onto the ground beneath it.

Starblade Book 2 Chapter 20