THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE
The chamber trembled violently, molten silver and shadow colliding in a storm of unrelenting energy. Lykos and Aria hovered above the fragment, silver light blazing, their hands still clasped, yet the weight of the final reckoning pressed down upon them like the crushing hand of fate itself.
“Alpha… mate… the price… must be paid… one essence… must anchor… the other… will be lost to eternity…” The abyss hissed, molten gold eyes burning into them, shadows writhing like living serpents.
Lykos’s chest tightened. Every fiber of his being screamed, every instinct flared—wolf snarling low, claws flexing, heartbeat hammering in his ears. He could feel it, the fragment calling for a life, demanding the final sacrifice. One of them… would never return.
Aria’s silver glow f
