The drainage tunnel was a narrow, dark pipe that smelled of wet slate, iron rust, and the sharp, chemical bite of liquid silver.Lucien was the one leading the way. His massive shoulders anchored the vanguard line as they hurried through the swirling white steam rolling off the runoff channels. Kaela walked half a step behind him, and her right hand was still encased in a sleeve of solid, blue–white ice that threw a cold light across the damp stone walls. Every time her heart beat, the land sent a sharp, vibrating shock through her skull. It was the system’s physical confirmation that the silver dam was filling."The rogue details are retreating from the sally port," Voss called out from the rear as his single eye tracking the shadows behind them. "But they are not heading for the outer gates. They are being driven upward by the grey entities.""The grey ones are herding them," Kaela said, her clinical precision cutting through the roar of the water. "They do not want to kill the pack
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