Lucien recovered.
His calm returned.
But it wasn't perfect anymore.
"Enough."
He reached inside his coat.
Kael moved instantly.
Lucien crushed a black crystal.
Shadow exploded.
Richard shouted.
Kael grabbed me.
Darkness swallowed everything.
For several seconds, I couldn't see.
Couldn't breathe.
Clarissa snarled.
Then—
nothing.
The smoke cleared.
Lucien was gone.
So were the remaining Hollow Wolves.
The corridor fell silent.
Richard stared at the empty space.
"He's running."
Kael shook his head.
"No."
I looked at him.
"What?"
Kael's expression was grim.
"He got what he came for."
My stomach dropped.
The test.
Again.
Lucien had seen my power.
Worse—
he'd learned what it could do.
I looked towards the place where the freed wolf had disappeared.
"This wasn't
