Kaelira’s POV“KAELIRA!”The warning came at the same moment the attacker reached me. Everything happened fast. Too fast for most of the council to follow. One second, elders were shouting across the chamber.The next, an outsider assassin was airborne with a blade aimed directly at my throat. But panic never came.Not this time. Months ago, I would have frozen for half a heartbeat.I doubted myself.Now?I moved. The Crescent power answered instantly. Silver light surged beneath my skin. Not wild. Not unstable.The assassin’s blade came down..A pulse exploded from my palm. The force slammed into him midair. His body flew backward. The blade shattered against the chamber floor. Gasps erupted around me.The attacker crashed into one of the council pillars hard enough to crack stone. Before he could rise, the Lycan Commander was already there.A blur.A growl.Steel flashed.The assassin never got a second chance.The chamber erupted.“Protect the council!”“Seal the doors!”“Get Seraph
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