The bond realm trembled violently around them.
Silver cracks spread across the endless darkness beneath their feet while ancient power thundered through the air like a storm barely contained.
Valdris stood motionless several feet away, his silver eyes locked onto Lyra with unsettling intensity.
For the first time since his arrival—
He looked uncertain.
Kael noticed immediately.
“She is not the Moon Queen,” he said again firmly.
The words echoed sharply through the bond realm.
Valdris’s expression hardened slightly.
“You deny what stands before you.”
“I deny your obsession.”
The Blood King’s gaze shifted toward Kael slowly.
“Careful, Alpha.” His voice lowered dangerously. “You stand inside a realm created long before your bloodline existed.”
Kael didn’t move.
Didn’t flinch.
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