Seren’s POV“I woke to the sound of Kairos shouting my name, but the voice didn’t feel like it came from outside— it echoed inside my bones.”Cold light flooded my vision.For a moment I didn’t know if I was alive, dreaming, or pulled into something worse. My body felt weightless, floating in a space with no sky, no ground—only a pale shimmer stretching in every direction.Then warmth. Strong arms around me. A familiar scent.Kairos.His voice broke through the haze. “Seren. Open your eyes. Look at me.”I forced my eyelids apart.He was leaning over me, breath ragged, hair damp with frost. The realm’s strange glow reflected in his eyes, turning them a brighter gold than I’d ever seen.“Kairos,” I whispered. “You… came with me.”“I swore an oath,” he said. “I told you—I’m not leaving you.”Something in my chest loosened.But the relief didn’t last. My skin tingled, burning and freezing at the same time. Silver marks crawled across my arms like living veins of light. The ground beneath
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