Claimed by the Fallen Five
Lucien was on his feet in an instant, positioning himself between Mae and the rippling dark, his arms spread slightly, defensive.
“Kaine,” Ashar said sharply, his sword already drawn, “get the babies out of here.”
But it was already too late. The ripple turned to rupture. Reality split. It didn’t tear like fabric. It peeled, slow and deliberate, like a wound opening in the skin of the world. Blackness poured through, not like smoke, not like mist, but like hunger given shape.
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