Chapter 30: The King of Bones
The impact shook the earth.
Kaelen hit the rusted deck of the cargo ship with the force of a falling meteor. The metal groaned and buckled under his feet. A cloud of red rust dust exploded into the air masking him from view for a terrifying second.
I slid down the cliff face. Rocks tore at my hands. Mud slicked my boots. I did not care. My eyes were locked on the ship below where my husband had landed to reclaim our son.
The dust settled.
Kaelen stood in a crater of twisted steel. He was naked. His skin was gray and covered in the shifting black veins of the serum. He steamed in the cold morning air. He did not look like a man anymore. He looked like a god of war carved from nightmares.
Vane stood twenty feet away. The Rogue dropped the baby carrier onto
