Chapter 65
The moment their hands met again, the world did not shake.
It split.
Not like before, where the space cracked and tried to hold itself together.
This time, it opened.
A deep tear formed between them, stretching upward and downward at the same time, like the space itself had been pulled apart by something it could not contain. Light burst through the fracture, not gold, not lightning, but something brighter and sharper that did not belong to either of them.
Ariana felt it first.
A cold shock ran through her chest, cutting through both the gold and the deeper current. For a second, everything inside her went still
Ariana felt it first.
A cold shock ran through her chest, cutting through both the gold and the deeper current. For a second, everything inside her went still.
Not calm.
Stopped.
Like something had reached inside her and silenced everything at once.
Her breath caught.
"Kael…"
His name barely left her lips.
Because Kael felt it too.
