Chapter 85
Kael
Kael didn't realize when the shift fully took hold, only that something inside him stopped responding the way it always had. The storm didn't surge outward this time or tear through him without control, but turned inward instead, tightening in a way that felt unfamiliar and wrong. His breath caught as the pressure built, heavier and more focused, like something was forcing it into a shape it hadn't chosen.
He tried to steady it, but it didn't listen.
The energy along his arms darkened, not unstable, but too precise, moving in a way that felt deliberate rather than wild. That control should have made it easier to manage, but instead it made something in his chest tighten with unease, because it didn't feel like it belonged to him anymore.
"Kael."
Mira's voice cut through it, calm and even, grounding in a way the storm wasn't.
