Chapter 115
The moment Kael stepped fully into it, the pressure didn't rise the way he expected. It collapsed inward instead, tightening around him until the space between him and the presence disappeared, and for a second he couldn't tell where he ended and where it began. The shift wasn't violent, but it was absolute, settling into him in a way that made his chest tighten.
Ariana felt it immediately, her fingers locking around his hand as the connection between them pulled tighter. Her breath caught, sharp and uneven, as she tried to ground herself against something that no longer felt stable. "Kael," she said, her voice strained, but it didn't carry the way it should have, as if the space itself was swallowing the sound.
