Chapter 35: Blood Oath
The next morning didn't rise gently. It crashed into the world with a storm. Thunder rolled through the hills, rain slicing down in sheets as if the heavens were weeping in warning. Adrian stood shirtless on the porch, soaked to the bone, his eyes scanning the dense woods for any signs of movement. He wasn't expecting peace anymore. He was expecting war. Inside, Kai stirred under layers of blankets, his body still fragile but stronger than it had been hours ago. He sat up slowly, pain blooming along his spine, but a new kind of fire lit his eyes one Adrian had never seen before. "I saw something," Kai said quietly, wrapping the blanket around his shoulders as he walked toward the open door. "In the dark. Before I passed out. I saw you. And me. But not like this. We were...different. Old
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