[Kael — Hollowshade Tower, Midnight]
Storm winds howled across the city, but Kael didn’t flinch. He stood at the highest spire of Hollowshade, cloak snapping behind him, watching torch lines flicker across Solmere’s walls like veins of fire.
The capital was locked down.
Checkpoints. Barricades. A holy war preparing to descend.
And he had caused it all.
[System Sync: 89%]
[Corruption: 54% — Instability Detected]
[Arin Soulthread: Stable]
[Selis Soulbond: Diverging — Integrity 44%]
Kael’s fingers curled around the cold stone railing.
Tomorrow, they would execute three rebels captured near the inner gate. Nobodies, barely trained but the message would be loud:
“Defy the Crown, Die by Fire.”
Kael wouldn't let them burn alone.
But this time… he wouldn’t save them quietly.
[Arin —
