Leah Carter’s Point of View
“KAEL!” His name tore from my throat, raw and broken. I didn’t even know if I was breathing as I crawled through the ash and blood, my hands shaking, my heart pounding like it was trying to break free from my chest.
Kael lay still. His golden light was gone. The battlefield stretched around us in ruin, wolves screaming, fire raining from the heavens, and Varul standing tall above it all like death made flesh.
“Leah…” His voice rumbled through the air, deep and cruel. “Now you see it, love is the weakness that keeps the bridge from breaking.”
I glared up at him through the smoke, my hands glowing faintly with silver light. “No. Love is what’s keeping me alive.”
He laughed, a terrible, echoing sound that made the ground tremble. Behind him, the Veil gaped wid
