CHAPTER 26 : OATHS OF SUN AND ICE
PART I : THE WARRIORS’ REST AND THE SONG OF THE HEART
The Headquarters, nestled at the foot of the Golden Mountains, vibrated with an electric buzz. Between the command tents and the mounting enclosures, the air was saturated with the scent of cold metal and adrenaline. At the center of this tumult, Prince Kian looked like a lonely statue of distress. Seated on a wooden block, he stared at the ocean horizon with an intensity that seemed capable of cleaving the waters. His companion, his dear Princess Béa, was a prisoner of the Gray Warlock on his volcanic island and every second of silence was, for him, a torture of red-hot iron.
His twin, Prince Ian, approached and placed a firm hand on his shoulder. Alpha Ian, though himself consumed by the instinct t
