The world did not break.It listened.After Elaria’s words rang out—after the light flared and the sky folded inward like a held breath—everything went unnervingly still. Not the fragile stillness of peace, but the deliberate pause of something vast recalculating its approach.The symbols beneath Elaria’s feet burned white, then dimmed, then steadied into a slow, rhythmic pulse that matched the hammering of her heart. Each beat sent a tremor through the ground, outward in widening circles, as though the land itself were syncing to her existence.Kael forced himself upright, one shaking hand braced against the stone. His head rang, blood warm at his lip, but none of that mattered—not when Elaria stood before him like a living convergence point, light and shadow coiled together beneath her skin.“Elaria,” he said again, softer this time. Not a warning. Not a plea.A reminder.She turned at the sound of his voice, and for one terrifying moment, he did not recognize her eyes. They glowed—
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