Is Shield Hero Good Novels & Stories

"I'm not refusing your 'heroic' sacrifice because I care if you melt in the Abyss. I’m refusing it because you're a liability. You’ve lost ten percent of your core, you’re poisoned, and you’re slow. If the Council catches you, they have the Prime Alpha as a hostage. I won't risk my mission on your desperate need to feel useful." Kael flinched, the words striking him with more force than the lava bridge trial. He looked at her, his golden eyes full of a haunting, dead light. He didn't argue. He didn't defend his strength. He simply nodded, a slow, agonizing movement. "I am slow," Kael admitted, his voice barely a breath. "And I am a fool. But I am the only shield he has that the Council recog