Chapter 91
Kael
Kael felt the shift settle fully this time, not as a surge, but as something deeper locking into place, quiet and certain. His breathing steadied instead of breaking, and the force within him no longer pressed against him, but moved with him in a way that felt natural.
It didn't feel like control, and that difference should have unsettled him more than it did. Instead, it felt like something he had been reaching for without realizing it, something that fit too easily under his skin.
His gaze stayed on Ariana, but the way he saw her had changed, not losing recognition, but sharpening into something more aware. The connection between them no longer pulled or strained, and the stillness of it made something in him go quiet.
