(Mirabel’s POV)
Creation and destruction are not opposites.
They are the same force—seen from different sides.
The Breaking Scream
“NO!”
The word tore through me—through everything.
Not just sound.
Not just emotion.
Power.
Raw. Violent. Uncontrolled.
The moment Solomon’s body took the full force of those shadows, something inside me didn’t just react—
It shattered.
The Bond Unleashed
The mate bond between us snapped open like a floodgate.
I felt him.
All of him.
Pain. Rage. Defiance.
And beneath it—
That unyielding will that refused to break, even as the shadows tried to tear him apart.
It ignited something deeper in me.
Something older.
Something the core recognized.
The Core Answers
The chamber didn’t shake this time.
It bowed.
The moment
