The Wolf's Game
“Then the suffering they were meant to remember becomes free.”
The hum spikes sharply. Somewhere behind us, a shout rings out, another voice raised in alarm, another ripple of fear spreading through the castle.
Kael swears under his breath.
I close my eyes, pressing a hand to my chest, feeling the heartbloom burn like a living brand.
Nyxara was right about one thing. Endings don’t erase consequences. They scatter them.
I open my eyes. My hands stop shaking.
“If this ends,” I say quietly, the words settling into me with terrifying clarity, “it ends by my hands.”