The world *burned*.Not with flame, not with heat, but with *power*—raw and ancient and utterly overwhelming. It roared through Kael's veins like molten gold, like lightning given form, remaking him from the inside out.The mate bond wasn't a gentle thing. It was *cataclysmic*.Kael had thought he understood what claiming a mate meant. He'd studied the histories, heard the stories, knew the theory. Two souls joining. A magical connection forming. Strength shared between partners.The reality made those descriptions laughable in their inadequacy.This wasn't just a connection. This was *fusion*. Two separate beings becoming something new, something *more*, while still remaining themselves. He could feel Lyra inside his chest, not as an intrusion but as if she'd always been there, a missing piece he hadn't known was absent until it clicked into place.*Her.*Her fear, sharp as broken glass. Her pain, a symphony of suffering years in the making. Her exhaustion, bone-deep and soul-crushin
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