Book Two – Chapter 6
A King Unchained
The final chain shattered.
Its fragments dissolved into silver light before they touched the floor.
Silence swept through the Hall of Forgotten Kings.
No one moved.
No one even breathed.
For centuries, the world had feared this exact moment.
The Last King...
Was finally free.
Cassiel stood where the prison had held him.
He slowly looked down at his wrists.
The scars left by the chains remained, glowing faintly like silver fire.
He flexed his fingers as though remembering what freedom felt like.
Then he took one step forward.
No darkness erupted.
No wave of destruction swept through the Hall.
Instead, Cassiel walked toward Orion and Ariana.
Both instinctively tensed.
Cassiel stopped before them and bowed his head.
A king bowed before
