Moments later,The damp air of the cave didn't just cool; it curdled as the heavy, rhythmic clap of boots announced the arrival of the apex. Xander entered the hollow, his golden eyes shimmering like metal as they swept over the mangled remains of the Rogue pack. There was no horror in his gaze, only a cold, calculating appraisal of the carnage his son had sculpted. Silas had lost control of his beasts, and the result was a graveyard of broken bodies and metallic blood.Xander stopped just short of the blood-stained dirt, his focus narrowing on the girl huddled against the stone. He saw it immediately: the Sovereign Mark glowing a deep, ember-red on Ayla’s mahogany skin. Beside her, Silas stood with his height monstrous in its scale, his own silver lines pulsing in a perfect, low-vibrating unison with the mark he had just forced. The Final Calibration was over, but it had ended in a way that defied every protocol.Instead of the rage Silas had expected, a dark, twisted triumph cross
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