C118 THE DAY DESTINY CHANGED

The world did not break.

It bent.

Twisted, warped, and curled around Elara as if reality itself was being rewritten in front of her.

The Celestial bells were still ringing—those ancient, impossible tones that had frozen every flame, every creature, every breath in the realm. They vibrated through her bones, her blood, her entire soul.

Damon stood in front of her, half-shifted