Kael’s POVI saw her disappear into the light, and my world broke apart.Amara’s scream never left her lips. One moment she stood at the edge of the chasm, her body glowing with the power of the mark, her defiance cutting through the ancient beast’s voice. The next, she was weightless, yanked into the red flare like a thread unraveled by fire. Her outline burned against the sky, and then—nothing.I ran forward, faster than my legs should’ve carried me, and the blast threw me back.Pain tore through my side as I hit the ground, but I didn’t care. I clawed my way back to the crater’s edge, screaming her name. Smoke curled around the rim like fingers dragging shut a curtain. The flames that had swallowed her were gone. The sky above the crack was clear again, eerily still, like nothing had happened. But I knew something had. I had seen it. Felt it.She was gone.Not dead. Not burned.Taken.I dropped to my knees, fists pressed into the ground. My wolf howled inside me, a mournful echo ag
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