"I will not allow our distrust to fracture the shield. I would die for her, Nyra Voss. I would die for you. "
VALEHART NYRA POV
The silence that fell over the BlackThorne command center was the deep, unnerving quiet of a tactical retreat. Elias was gone, launched into the night as the Kingdom's bait. Silas, Juno, and Riven were his protectors. Taemin's psychic pulses, a distant, determined thrum of focused power, had already begun their rhythmic distortion, a silent promise of interference.
I stood beside the cold leather sofa, the lingering scent of Elias's fear and Taemin's desperate strength settling over the room. My own military training demanded I immediately check the security feeds, but something primal held me rooted to the spot.
