Chapter 83
Kael
Kael stopped without meaning to.
The shift hit him all at once, sharp and disorienting, like something had reached into his chest and pulled hard enough to throw everything off balance. His breath caught, his body locking in place as the storm inside him reacted before he could understand why. It didn't surge outward the way it used to.
It twisted.
A voice echoed through him, not loud, not distant, but clear enough to feel like it had been placed directly inside his awareness.
You are almost ready… my bride.
Kael's head snapped up, his focus breaking instantly as something unfamiliar tore through his control. The storm didn't just react this time. It shifted, tightening sharply as if it recognized something it shouldn't.
"No," he said under his breath, but the word didn't feel like enough.
