The sound was not a crack.It was a tear—like the world itself being ripped open.The stone overhead split in a blinding flash, the golden seal shattering into spirals of light and jagged rubble. A violent shockwave surged through the hall, throwing Aria backward. Killian lunged for her, arms outstretched—But the floor buckled first.“ARIA—!” Killian’s roar was devoured in the explosion of dust.The ceiling collapsed.Massive slabs of granite thundered down. The runic pillars flickered, then snapped apart. The walls groaned like dying beasts. The air turned thick, choking, filled with shards of stone, burning magic, and the metallic scent of blood.Aria scrambled to her feet, coughing, eyes burning from smoke. She barely had a heartbeat to register the disaster before a boulder the size of a wolf slammed into the floor beside her, showering her with debris.The creature—still half-shrouded in shadow—shrieked, its voice slicing the air like a blade.Killian’s wolf form burst forward,
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