Aurora's POV
The cosmic maelstrom raged around us as I stood at the precipice of an impossible choice. Mason and Ethan were suspended in twin vortexes of void energy, their life forces flickering like candles in a storm. The Void Lord's final, desperate attack had left me with a decision that threatened to tear my heart in two.
"Choose, Star Walker," the Void Lord's voice echoed across dimensions. "Save your hunter, tainted by the shadows of his past? Or your protector, whose love has become a chain?"
I looked between them, these two men who had shaped so much of my journey. Mason, his eyes filled with a mix of love and resignation, silently urging me to do what needed to be done. Ethan, fierce even in the face of oblivion, his gaze never leaving mine.
Time seemed to slow as I grappled
