Chapter 61 – The World Crumbles
The first crack was so soft that most mistook it for thunder.
A low, trembling sound rolled through the mountains, too deep to belong to any storm. Birds burst from the trees in a frenzy, wolves stiffened mid-patrol, and the sky itself seemed to shiver.
Seren felt it before anyone else.
The Moonblood burned under her skin, sharp as broken glass. Her knees buckled, palms pressing into the earth as a wave of cold energy tore through her spine. The air around her rippled, bending light like heat rising off scorched stone.
Kaelen caught her before she fell, his hands steady but his voice hoarse. “Seren—what’s happening?”
She looked up at him, eyes glowing faintly with that pale, unnatural silver. “The barrier,” she whispered. “It’s breaking.”
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The Bar
