The Alpha's Forbidden Heir
Kael pleaded, his voice breaking.
"It’s already done," Lucien whispered, turning his back to them. "Arthur, get him out of here when the sequence ends. Don't look back."
As the door groaned and began to retract, a blinding white light spilled out from the heart of the Spire, drowning out everything—the machinery, the fear, and the sound of the world ending.
"Wait!" Kael shouted, but his voice was swallowed by the roar of the machine.
The final countdown had begun.