Chapter One Hundred and Eighty-Nine
Outside Crow's chamber, in the shadowed corridor lined with shimmering soulflame torches, Lyravex stood silently. The SSS-rank support hero—his most loyal from the beginning—watched the sealed door with narrowed eyes.
She had been with him longer than most of the newer divine-ranked women, had healed his wounds, supported his conquests, and stood beside him through countless battles.
Yet lately, she felt herself being eclipsed—ignored.
A flicker of mana sparked around her fingertips. Not from anger. From something deeper.
Jealousy.
"I've always been here for you..." she whispered to the door, voice low and pained. "You don't even see me anymore."
Her hand touched the door briefly, hesitant, before she turned away into the shadows, her heart heavy with unspoken feelings.
But in her eyes, a quiet resolve began to burn.
She wouldn't let them take him from her.