Chapter 42

Syria’s POV

Everyone froze.

I stared, wide-eyed, with my heart racing.

Kael.

My entire family stood up from their seats at once. My aunt, uncle, cousins…every single one of them. Their expressions were a mix of disbelief and fear. My aunt gasped. My uncle’s eyes narrowed sharply. My cousins looked frozen in place. They weren't ready for this. No one was.

The air changed.

A dense fog of smoke seeped in behind Kael, crawling in through the broken doorway like a living shadow. It wrapped itself ar