The explosion from the courtyard could be heard across the entire palace.
Stone dust rose into the sky like a storm cloud.
For several seconds no one moved.
No one even breathed.
Then the dust slowly began to settle.
The wolves watching from the edges of the courtyard leaned forward anxiously.
At the center of the destruction…
Two figures still stood.
Ivy was breathing hard, her chest rising and falling as the last flickers of silver energy faded around her body.
Across from her stood Kael’thar.
The ancient guardian’s massive body was cracked in several places now, glowing blue light leaking through the fractures in his stone armor.
But he was still standing.
Rowan clenched his jaw.
Seraphine whispered beside him, “If she pushes her power again, it could hurt the baby.”
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