If destiny wants me…
It will have to fight for me.
I didn’t sleep that night.
The Eclipse King’s words echoed through my mind long after his dark magic had disappeared.
“Surrender Aria to me… and I will spare your people.”
Every time I closed my eyes, I saw his crimson gaze.
Not filled with hatred.
But certainty.
As though my life had always belonged to him.
It terrified me.
But it also made something inside me snap.
I was done being afraid.
Before sunrise, I stood alone at the edge of the camp.
The cold wind whipped through my hair as I stared toward the dark mountains where the enemy waited.
Footsteps approached behind me.
“You should be resting.”
I smiled faintly without turning around.
“I’ve heard that before.”
Kael chuckled softly.
“I suppose you have.”
He stepped
