The mountain was breaking apart.
Stone cracked beneath our feet as the fissure widened into an endless abyss. Dark energy surged upward in violent waves, swallowing the cavern in a storm of shadows.
My silver wings flickered behind me, reacting instinctively to the power rising from below.
Whatever was coming…
It was far worse than the creatures we had already faced.
Beside me, Theodore’s golden aura burned like a blazing sun, brighter than I had ever seen before. His evolved Lycan form radiated raw authority, the power of a true king.
But even he looked tense.
That alone made my stomach tighten.
Aetherion stood across from us, violet eyes fixed on the expanding darkness.
For the first time since we met him…
He looked worried.
“That shouldn’t be possible,” he murmured.
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