The Lycan King’s Broken Mate
Haga Krisztina the darkness was comfortable for medarkness insidewhy am i still here just to suffereven in darkness, she chose to rise
My heart pounds too fast, and I try to walk without letting them feel the tremor.
Past the squeeze, we enter a larger cavern. The ceiling rises high, walls wet and glistening with moss and droplets. In the center lies a hollow pool, black, motionless mirror. Mae signals to skirt around it, leading us along the narrow rim. The guard touches the surface with his sword tip, ripples running across, and for a moment it seems something watches back from below. But the light slips away, and I see only our own shadows.
“Quickly,” Mae whispers, her voice slicing the stifling air without tremor. “This pool does not like guests.” I do not ask; I do not want to know what creatures might dwell beneath.