The sound of stone crashing to the ground echoed through the palace, the very foundation of the empire trembling as its walls crumbled under the weight of the destruction. Kael and Selene stood side by side, eyes scanning the chaos around them, the world falling apart at their feet. The air was thick with dust and smoke, the once-pristine courtyard now a battlefield strewn with debris and burning remnants of what had been.
Selene could feel it—the shift in the bond between her and Kael. The urgency. The fear. But beneath that, something else. The unshakable determination to survive. They had been through so much, and now, their survival depended on one thing: getting out alive.
“We need to move, Kael," Selene urged, her voice urgent but steady, as she pulled him toward the edge of the co
