KAI
I could almost feel the shift in the air before I saw them, their presence heralding a change, like the charged silence before a storm. The group of elves that emerged were nothing short of stunning, tall and muscular forms wrapped in the midnight hue of their skin, starkly contrasted by the white of their hair flowing like moonlit silk. Their red eyes pierced through the uncertainty of the moment, seizing attention without effort. They stood there, an indomitable force, guardians of a world I was only beginning to understand.
"Those are the Ivory Guards," Angelo murmured beside me, his voice steady but not without its own thread of awe. "The elite warriors of my father's court." His assurance did little to settle the tremor of anticipation that quaked through me. Alexis clutched at
