The moment Kael whispered that name, every memory of the war came back at once.
Not fragments. Not distorted pieces softened by time or sealed beneath ancient magic. Everything. The force of it nearly dropped me to my knees.
The fractured world around us dissolved beneath the returning memories while ancient power spiraled violently through the collapsing system. The creature remained positioned protectively in front of me, massive wings spread wide as darkness rolled endlessly from its body.
But I barely saw any of it anymore.
Because I was back there again.
The day the world burned.
The memory swallowed me whole.
Smoke blackened the sky above the ancient kingdom while silver fire consumed entire cities beneath it. Wolves screamed through collapsing streets as the ground itself spl
