The Fiancée I Lost
The instant the name reached his ears—Suncrest Clan—it hit Victor like a lightning bolt ripping through a tempest-darkened sky. Time fractured around him. For one lost heartbeat, the world receded, muted, as if he was hearing it from the depths of a deep, quiet well. Voices blended into a soft, meaningless hum. His own chest constricted, pulse stumbling, and a brief blaze of light flared at the rear of his brain, harsh and urgent. And then, nearly harshly, the hall around him disappeared.
