Tales of Desire
The images shift faster, showing battles won, betrayals that cracked the stone, a final desperate rite that sealed the heart of the temple away until two souls strong enough could wake it again.
Kael groans low in his throat, body shuddering as the same visions flood him. "I see it too," he rasps. "The old guardians. They look like us. Like this was always meant to happen."
The crack beneath us splits wider, and something begins to rise from the depths, not a creature but pure energy taking form, a towering column of violet flame that splits into two streams, one pouring into my chest, the other into Kael's. The heat is unbearable for a heartbeat, then it settles into something warm and righ