C107 THE REALM TREMBLED AT THAT MOMENT

The realm did not just quake.

It buckled.

A powerful tremor surged through the Chamber of Flame, breaking the silence that had followed Damon’s transformation. The fire around them whirled into spirals, reacting not as a force of nature—

But as a living thing arising in terror.

Elara’s breath seized in her throat.

Damon’s arms tightened around her automatically