Earth Clan Estate — Moments Before the Battle
The estate, once buzzing with the quiet urgency of evacuation, now stood frozen under the crushing weight of dread. A suffocating silence clung to the air, heavy as the moment before a final heartbeat.
Nyxara lay still on the same ground Alex had left her. The fading light traced along the obsidian stripes of her massive frame. Her golden eyes remained open—unblinking, fixed on the distant horizon.
On the battlefield.
Where Alex had gone.
Where the storm had begun.
Beside her, four thunder-forged cages crackled faintly—her creation. They hovered just above the terrace, each containing a figure: Lady Nandi, Lady Lucy, Neferura, and Menkara. As Alex had instructed.
A few minutes earlier…
