The ceiling cracked wide open above them, raining stone dust and debris across the chamber floor.
"It's coming down!" Senna shouted, dragging Cael back from a falling chunk of masonry.
Kane advanced on Mordath despite the unstable power surging through him, each step sending small bursts of energy crackling around his hands, uncontrolled and dangerous.
"Kane, careful!" Talyn called, scrambling to his feet, blade raised. "You don't know what that's doing to you!"
"I know it's the only thing keeping me standing right now," Kane said, voice raw.
Mordath backed away, clutching the fractured pendant, his ancient composure completely shattered now, replaced by something closer to genuine panic. "You don't understand what you're risking. If that power surges too far, it could tear you apart
