Chapter 75:
THE TRAP WE WALKED INTO
The realization hit me like a blade to the gut.
We weren’t just following Michael to the temple.
We were walking into something far worse.
Ethan’s body tensed beside me, his hand instinctively moving to hold his sword. Gabriel and Marissa stiffened as well, sensing the shift in the air. Even Caius, had gone utterly still.
Michael had led us here.
And we had followed him blindly.
I swallowed hard, forcing my voice to remain steady. “Michael, tell me exactly what’s waiting for us inside that temple.”
He didn’t answer immediately. Instead, his silver eyes flickered toward the mist-covered ruins ahead. He looked almost haunted, like a man who had seen something he could never unsee.
Then he finally spoke. “The seal is breaking.”
