Outside Azure Gate, the sky gradually darkened. In the distance, heavy black clouds rolled across the horizon, thick and suffocating.Shiloh's eyes snapped open from meditation. She said, "I have to go! This journey will take me deep into the darkness, straight to the Dark Clans' stronghold!"…On top of Azure Gate, night fell fast, and the cold wind cut like knives. Philip stood before the gathered powerhouses from every faction, his voice low and thunderous."Anyone willing to join the expedition, step across the white line."A white line had been drawn on the ground, and on one side of the line stood warriors from all factions, packed together. On the other side, only one person stood: Andrew.He had positioned himself there early on, needing no one's rallying cry. For Shiloh's sake alone, Andrew would march into the Blood Sanctum. Beyond that, it was something he had to do anyway.First, for Holtrien, his homeland, for the people he wanted to protect, and for his son. Se
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