Chapter 68
Ardyn POV
The first impact rattled the fortress like a heartbeat too loud.
BOOM.
The second came harder, shaking stone dust from the ceiling beams. Wolves howled along the battlements, some in fear, some in fury. I tasted both in the air, bitter and sharp.
BOOM.
The Hollowbone ram was a monster, its head a massive skull of some long-dead beast, its horns sharpened, runes etched into its bone. Each strike against Iron Howl’s gate carried not just strength, but spell. The wood groaned, cracked, splinters spraying like blood.
Kael stood on the wall above, his scar blazing like a crown, holding the pack with sheer presence. But his breathing was ragged, and I saw the way his claws shook when he gripped the stones. The scar wanted blood. The scar wanted release.
And below Ve
