THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE
The abyss trembled around them, molten silver and shadow writhing violently as if the world itself were groaning under the weight of eternity. Lykos and Aria hovered above the fractured heart, their silver light flaring like twin suns, yet the colossal form of the abyss loomed over them, massive and unyielding.
“Alpha… mate… your bond is… defiant… yet incomplete,” the abyss intoned, molten gold eyes boring into their souls. “The fragment responds… yet will consume all if a choice is not made. One essence… must anchor it… one must surrender… completely… or all will be unmade.”
Lykos’s wolf growled low, instincts coiling. His chest burned, heart hammering. Every fiber of his being screamed in warning, yet his gaze remained fixed on Aria. “Then we decide… together,”
