Lin Wan looked at his calloused, warrior's palm for a second before lifting her gloved hand and placing it firmly in his grip. His long fingers closed around hers, warm and solid.
"I'll wait," Wei Xiang said softly, squeezing her hand gently. "I'll stand right here and wait. Focus on yourself and the babies for now. We will handle everything else after the birth."
Lin Wan gave a slow, decisive nod, feeling a rare sense of total peace settle over her troubled mind.
"After the birth."
Neither of them, however, knew just how quickly that fragile promise would be tested by the unseen forces gathering in the dark beyond the Citadel walls.
# Chapter 213 – Part Two
Night fell completely over the Supreme Citadel, wrapping the vast stone fortress in a blanket of heavy, freezing shadow.
The entire palace was quiet.
Too quiet.
