The light around us thundered like a storm contained inside a heartbeat. Jax’s hand locked around mine. Our pulses were still fused, blazing as one. The moon core shook under our feet, trembling like a living creature struggling to decide whether to survive or collapse.
Eidos staggered backward as the surge of our vessel power slammed into him. It hit him like a tidal wave. Silver and gold fused together, rolling across the chamber in a roar of wind and raw magic. His body twisted under the pressure. The lines of Mirror script that once glowed on his skin fractured like fresh cracks in glass.
He hissed through clenched teeth. Then the hiss broke into a snarl that shook the entire Maw. “You were meant to be mine. My vessels. My continuation. Not this.”
Another pulse burst from our joined
