The chamber rang with the echo of Becky’s laughter, sharp and triumphant, and the sound dug into Elise’s skull harder than the pain in her arm. She lay half on her side, half on her back, blood slick beneath her palm, her breath shallow and uneven. Above her, the Moonstone pulsed with a dark, sick rhythm, each beat answering Becky’s raised hand, each pulse tightening the invisible chains wrapped around Kai’s mind.Kai stood over Elise, shoulders heaving, claws extended, his chest rising and falling like a beast cornered in a pit. His eyes were still red, still feral, but something in his posture had changed. He was no longer advancing. He was trembling.“Do it,” Becky said coolly, her voice echoing through the ruins. “Finish it. End her.”Kai lifted his arm.Elise squeezed her eyes shut for a heartbeat. Not to pray. Not to beg. Just to breathe once more without pain ripping through her lungs.Then the chamber doors exploded inward.The sound was violent, metal shrieking against stone,
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