The silence after Luna's reality-cleansing cry should have felt like victory. It didn't.
Seraphina stood in the medical facility's observation deck, her daughter sleeping peacefully in her arms, while the monitors showed impossible readings. The energy signature that had just purified half of Europe wasn't dissipating. It was being absorbed.
"Something's wrong." Helena's voice cut through the quiet. She was studying the quantum displacement readings, her silver eyes reflecting Elena's ancient knowledge. "That much power doesn't just vanish. It goes somewhere."
Damon moved to Seraphina's side, his Wolf King senses on high alert. Through their mate bond, she felt his unease like ice in her veins. "The Void Walkers we eliminated—they weren't the source. They were scouts."
"Scouts for what?" Kaelen's mental voice rumbled through the chamber as the dragon circled overhead, his massive form casting shadows across the building.
The answer came in the form of laughter.
