The seal was fracturing.
Leo could feel it through the Heartstone - the crystalline structure that had held his father for seventeen years was developing hairline cracks, spider-webbing outward from the point where his palm pressed against it. The energy he was channeling was working - the Heartstone was absorbing the seal's drain, acting as a substitute anchor, freeing his father's life force from the burden it had carried for nearly two decades.
But it wasn't enough.
The Convergence was peaking. Leo could feel it through his enhanced perception - the celestial alignment amplifying Veil energy across the entire Threshold network, a rising tide of power that was about to crash over the city like a tsunami. The Circle's ritual was activating. The remaining Thresholds under their control
