Three Wardens surrounding her could not be a coincidence. If the only reason they had come after her was because the Null Realm had detected the release of the Twelfth Soul Current, then why had they found her first? And why were they fighting her rather than immediately pursuing me?
The more I thought about it, the more obvious it became that something else was happening. There was another variable on the board, something I hadn't accounted for, and Aurora's situation might be connected to it.
I stood there for a long time, considering whether I was making the wrong choice by continuing toward the Prime Territory. Eventually, however, I realized that turning back would not necessarily save her.
I didn't know what the Wardens wanted from her, and I didn't know whether I possessed enough strength to change the outcome even if I arrived there. What I did know was that the longer I delayed, the closer I came to losing the only advantage I currently possessed: time.
