The moment shattered.
It didn’t break slowly. It didn’t crack gently.
It exploded.
Power surged out of Luna like a storm finally unleashed, violent and uncontrollable, tearing through the chamber with a force that bent the air itself. The ground beneath them fractured instantly, deep cracks spreading like veins across the stone floor, while the walls trembled under the pressure of something ancient awakening.
Kael didn’t let go.
Even as the force pushed against him, even as the energy burned against his skin, even as every instinct screamed at him to step back—
He held her tighter.
“Luna!” His voice cut through the chaos, raw and desperate.
Her body convulsed in his arms, trembling violently as waves of dark energy pulsed through her. Her fingers dug into his chest, not out of inte
