[VOLUME 14: THE SHATTERED HEAVENS][ARC 4: THE HEAVENLY COURT & THE CONVERGENCE]
The Heavenly Expanse was burning, and the ashes tasted like stolen prayers.
Elara stood on the fractured precipice of the Ancient Archive, the wind tearing at her hair. Above her, the sky was a suffocating, blinding white, crawling with the massive, luminous roots of the High Seat.
And her mates were dying.
A sickening crack echoed across the ruined domain as a tendril of pure, searing light whipped across the Star-Dragon's flank. Li roared—a devastating, melodic sound of sheer agony that vibrated in Elara's chest. A shower of his diamond-and-gold scales rained down, dissolving into stardust before they even hit the ground.
"LI!" Elara screamed, surging forward.
Before she could reach the edge, another root slammed into the floating island, entirely obliterating the eastern wing of the Archive.
