Chapter 15 – The Power Within
Malikye’s POV
The chamber didn’t stay calm for long.
The moment Selene finished speaking, the light within the temple shifted again—subtle at first, like the slow turning of something unseen. The silver glow dimmed along the edges of the room, pulling inward toward the center where I stood on the platform, where the Heart of the Temple pulsed with quiet, deliberate power.
It felt like a breath. In. Held. Waiting.
I exhaled slowly, rolling my shoulders as I tried to ground myself in the moment. The energy inside me had changed. It wasn’t raging anymore. It wasn’t unpredictable.
It was there. Steady. Responsive. And that might have been more unsettling than the chaos.
“Well,” I said quietly, glancing down at my hand, watching the crescent mark glow with c
