The silver thread vibrated between my fingers, alive with energy that felt older than anything I had ever touched. It hummed like a distant star calling my name. Jax stood behind me, his hand wrapped around mine, steadying me, grounding me as the world trembled beneath the titan’s footsteps.
The veil above us rippled again, as if the thread we held was pulling on something buried deep inside it.
“We can break it,” I whispered.
And I believed it.
Jax leaned closer, his breath warm against my ear. “Then let us do it together.”
Our pulses synced again, stronger this time, no longer flickering or fading. His heartbeat thudded against my back, steady and determined. Mine answered it, even through the pain of the moon drain. Our joined pulses spread into our arms, our hands, and then into t
