C16 The Storm Crown

This is a statement of the sky;; a crack at dawn.

Not with thunder.

With silence.

So loud, so pure, that it rang in Eli's ears as he sat up in bed, heart pumping.

Kael already stood bare-chested and glowing faintly. His sword hovered behind him, summoned without touch. Amon stood almost at the window, wings strung out, the body tense like a predator sensing the shift in the wind