Chapter 120
Astrid's POV
My smile was the last thing he saw. As his rage peaked, as his fingers tightened with murderous intent, the golden light of my bond with Kaeleen erupted from my chest. It wasn't a gentle warmth anymore; it was a supernova. The light didn't just push him back; it annihilated the very fabric of his gray, desolate mindscape. His hands, his face, his entire being dissolved into screaming black dust that was instantly incinerated by the radiant power of a true mate's love.
The world behind my eyes shattered into pure, white, blissful light. And then came the snap. It was the violent, jarring sensation of a tether pulling taut, yanking my soul across an infinite distance and slamming it back into a vessel it had almost abandoned.
My body convulsed.
