[VOLUME 13: THE PRIMEVAL ASCENSION][ERA: THE POST-DIVINE AGE][LOCATION: THE AETHELGARD SAFE HOUSE - MAGICAL SANCTUM]
The transition was instantaneous. One moment, Elara was pressed against the cold stone of the palace courtyard, and the next, the world dissolved into a blur of starlight and abyssal shadows.
When her vision cleared, they were standing in the center of the master suite of their magically concealed manor on the outskirts of the capital. A fire roared in the massive hearth, casting flickering golden light over the velvet draping and dark wood, but the room still felt charged with the remnants of a storm.
The air was heavy, practically humming with the volatile, suffocating auras of the two ancient sovereigns.
