[A while Earlier]
Yara knelt beside Castor's broken body, her hands glowing with green healing Aura, working frantically to stabilize the damage Chronos Overclock had inflicted.
"Stay with me," Yara whispered, her voice tight with focus. "Don't fall unconscious again."
Castor's eyes were closed, his breathing shallow but steady under her healing influence.
She'd just finished explaining about the Shadow Kings becoming demons.
Her healing Aura pulsed stronger, mending bone fragments, reknitting torn muscle fibers, stabilizing his fractured spine millimeter by millimeter.
"The worst is over," she said, more to herself than to him. "You'll recover... It'll take time, but you'll–"
Then both of them felt it.
Thump
Their hearts synchronized for one beat, hammering against their ribs with sudden urgency.
Thump…thump...
Yara's hands stilled, her healing Aura flickering as confusion crossed her face.
"What–"
Thump thump thump thump thump.
