The Price of the Bond
The darkness pressed against them like a living wall, heavy and suffocating, each pulse of the void tearing at the edges of their sanity. Ridge and Aria hung suspended in the nothingness, their silver energy flaring furiously, trying to stave off the encroaching void. But the Curse Keeper’s power was relentless. Its claws, jagged and black as night, tore through the fabric of the abyss, reaching for them with a hunger older than the Moon Well itself.
Ridge gritted his teeth, claws sparking against the invisible force of the darkness. Every muscle in his body screamed in protest, every nerve fired with tension. “We cannot let it take us, Aria. Not now. Not ever!”
Aria’s glow flickered wildly as she struggled to maintain her hold on him. “Ridge… it’s… it’s stronger t
