The golden aura around him exploded.
Not like power.
Like desperation.
The silver chains binding me shattered one by one, fragments dissolving into starlight.
For the first time since entering this place, I could breathe.
The system reacted instantly.
"WARNING."
"SYSTEM INTEGRITY FAILURE."
Cracks raced across the endless silver sky.
Reality groaned.
But Kael didn't care.
He was already moving.
Crossing the distance between us.
Breaking every rule this place had created.
Until he stood right in front of me.
For a moment, neither of us spoke.
We simply stared.
As if we were afraid the other might disappear.
Again.
His armor was stained with blood.
His breathing was ragged.
His hands trembled.
The Lycan King who feared nothing looked completely shattered.
And somehow...
