Crowned in Silver Blood
The gate came down before anyone could decide anything.
Stone exploded inward in a shower of dust and debris, and Everly threw her arms up on instinct, silver light flaring around her hands so bright it lit the entire hall like a second sun. When the dust cleared, the sanctuary's ancient entrance was nothing but a jagged, smoking hole, and standing in the middle of it, blade drawn, chest heaving, stood Grayson Colt.
For one suspended second, nobody moved.
"You," Marcus said, stepping in front of Everly with his own blade raised. "How did you find this place?"