Silence settled over the sanctuary.
The silver crystals still glowed softly, but the battle was over.
For now.
I couldn’t stop staring at my hands.
Only moments ago, silver light had burst from my palms.
I had thrown a fully grown warrior across the room without even knowing how.
“It wasn’t supposed to happen yet,” I whispered.
Seraphine walked over slowly, one hand pressed against her injured side.
“It happened because you were protecting someone.”
“I don’t understand any of this.”
“You will.”
I shook my head.
“No… I need answers now.”
Before Seraphine could speak, Kael stepped closer.
His sword was back in its sheath, but his eyes never left me.
Neither did mine.
The sanctuary suddenly felt much smaller.
It was just the two of us.
Everything else faded into the backgrou
