Juliette’s POV The cavern shakes again, dust raining from the ceiling as my powers pulse unpredictably inside me. Every breath feels like fire. Every heartbeat feels like it is tearing something open inside my chest. I strain against the chains, trying to control myself, trying not to lose the last thread of clarity I have, but the energy will not listen. My limbs tremble. My vision blurs. The intruder’s presence fills the air like smoke. Then something shifts. A faint sound. A distant echo. Movement cutting through the darkness like a blade. My Omega senses surge outward, reaching, grasping, searching. Dorian. Bryan. They are close. They are running. The moment I feel them, my heart lurches so violently it almost hurts. Their energies slam into my senses like two burning stars. D

