Lahat ng Kabanata ng Ashes of Six: Kabanata 61 - Kabanata 62

The stone door yawned open with a groan that shook dust from the vaulted ceiling, the glow of Elias’s Concord Sigil stretching beneath our feet like a living tether. The others hesitated, watching me as though I’d been the one who spoke the command word, when all I’d done was breathe. The arch whispered of unity, and maybe for once I needed to stop pretending I didn’t know what that meant.I turned to them, palms damp, throat tight. My dragon pressed against my ribs like it wanted out, but this wasn’t a moment for fire. This was for me. “If we’re going to survive this, there have to be rules,” I said, my voice steadier than I felt.Caelum’s eyes narrowed, wolf still restless, golden edges burning in the dark. “Rules?” His tone made it sound like a curse.“Yes.” I forced myself to meet each of their gazes, even when Lucien’s crimson-stained smirk made my pulse hitch and Elias’s quiet intensity left me stripped bare. “No fighting each other. I don’t care what the Gauntlet throws at us.