Chapter 37
Ardyn POV
The bond burned through me like wildfire, too fierce, too alive.
Kael’s blood sang in my veins, a dark symphony that left me trembling and drunk on him. His heart pulsed in time with mine, a relentless rhythm I felt in every nerve. My body wasn’t my own anymore. It was his. And his was mine.
We were tethered, bound by more than the goddess’s laws could contain.
But the shadows whispered to her. The Huntress.
She lingered just beyond the temple walls, her presence as sharp and cold as an arrow aimed between my ribs. My instincts screamed danger, and yet Kael’s arms anchored me, solid and unyielding.
“Stay with me,” he murmured, lips grazing my hair. His voice was calm, but I could feel the storm brewing beneath his skin. His alpha power thickened the air, an elec
