The forest was quiet, but I could feel it humming with energy. Not just the natural rhythm of the trees or the wind over the lake, but something deeper…the bond pulsing across us. Across me.
It started as a faint tremor in my wrist, a thread of silver light that ran up my arm and twitched like it had a mind of its own. I froze mid-step, heart skipping.
Then came the awareness of them…my brothers.
Kael. Jace. Ryn. Soren. Even in the distance, even when I couldn’t see them, I could feel their emotions. It was like a storm pressing against my chest. Fear, awe, confusion. And a hint of something else… restraint. They didn’t know what I had become. They could sense it, the power I was waking into, and it scared them as much as it thrilled them.
Kael’s voice echoed in my mind…sharp, commandi
