The five who were never meant to love me
"They're still with me. Even here."
The man rose sharply to his feet, his earlier patience replaced entirely by something far more urgent. "That's not possible. The seal should have—"
Another howl answered the first, closer this time, followed by the unmistakable sound of stone cracking apart on a massive scale, an entire chamber's worth of ancient warriors finally, fully waking, and this time, nothing seemed to be holding them back.
"You said the bond was irrelevant," Aurora said, forcing herself to her feet despite her body's protests, something fierce and unshakeable settling into her chest as the sound of the awakening army grew louder. "I think you're about to find out how wrong you wer