The sanctum was falling apart around us. Stone cracked overhead in violent bursts while silver light surged uncontrollably through the fractured structure at the center of the chamber. Every pulse of unstable energy shook the ground harder than the last. And above us I could still feel the pack. Hundreds of minds caught in the collapsing remnants of the network. Fear. Confusion. Pain. If the convergence shattered completely now, the backlash would rip through every connected thread at once. People would die. Maybe all of them. Kael stepped closer to me, his grip firm around my wrist like he was anchoring me to reality itself. “You are not doing this,” he said. His voice wasn’t harsh. It was desperate. And somehow that hurt more. I looked at him slowly. “I don’t think we have another choice.” “Yes, we do.” “No,” I whispered. Another violent tremor split through the sanctum as a massive fracture ripped across the crystalline structure. The entity staggered again, pi
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