Ardyn POV

The bond burned through me like wildfire, too fierce, too alive.

Kael’s blood sang in my veins, a dark symphony that left me trembling and drunk on him. His heart pulsed in time with mine, a relentless rhythm I felt in every nerve. My body wasn’t my own anymore. It was his. And his was mine.

We were tethered, bound by more than the goddess’s laws could contain.

But the shadows whispered to her. The Huntress.

She lingered just beyond the temple walls, her presence as sharp ...