Chapter 177

hapter 177

rody & map surped towed rha, dark and relentless. I barely managed to drick, but suddenly, the scene shifted, and I found myself standing on a battirild The ground was fresen, unmistakably Northern soil, and bodies lay scafeered everywhere a testament to the lives that had already been lost.

I struggled to make setor of it, scanning the chaos around me, when I saw Lucian. He was charging straight at the rider, his face set with grim determination. I shouted his name, desperate to warn him, but he couldn’t hear me. He was no match for this rider, and he must have known that an well, but there was something he was trying to protect. What was it? Or who?

“Where is your Luma?” the rider’s voice boomed, a deep, thunderous sound that rattled through the icy air. The voice was unmistakably masculine, yet his features remained cloaked in shadows and

mystery.

Lucian & voice was steady, defiant. “Far away from here, where you’ll never find her.” I could see the strain in his face as he tried to shift, but the rider’s magic coiled around his neck like an invisible vice, choking him, keeping him bound.

“Fool. If you had handed her over, I would have spared you and your people. But you leave me no choice.” The rider’s words were final, heavy with intent.