-LOHE-
The command hit like a thunderclap. Magic surged through my veins, ancient and absolute. I tried to resist. Gods, I tried, but her words were law now. The locket pulsed with her fury, and I felt it in my bones.
She stood trembling in the lake, naked and defiant, clutching the locket like a weapon. Her grey eyes burned—hot embers in a frostbitten world.
"Goodbye, First Prince."
Her voice was strained, as if the words had cost her everything. But they held. They held.
Even wounded, bare, and alone, Selene was a force to reckon with.
I opened my mouth to beg, but my body betrayed me. The magic moved me like a puppet, dragging me upright, water streaming from my clothes. My breath came ragged.
"I’ll see you again, Selene," I promised.
She blinked slowly, as if the words didn’t r
