The moment Kael admitted he would still choose the seal, something inside me stopped trying to hold itself together.
The fracture did not happen loudly, and it did not explode into immediate rage. It happened in complete silence, deep within the part of me that had still been reaching for a reason to forgive him. The truth settled there slowly, cutting deeper with every passing second until breathing around it became impossible.
The connection between us carried the impact instantly, forcing emotion violently across the bond before either of us could contain it. And beneath both, buried so deeply it felt almost unbearable. That was what made it devastating. Kael remembered everything too.
I saw it in the exact moment his expression changed, when the control he had clung to for so long f
