**Waltz of the Stars—Eternal Eclipse**
"They are two types of people, Elara. There are foolish men, and there are foolish women. At the end of the day it all boils down to how foolishly foolish one is willing to be."
Those were Calliok Vex's infamous words in one of their mentorship sessions that stayed with Ember profoundly. And it was those very same words that repeated in her head as she gambled her life before Khaos's very eyes.
But as she threw herself down to a mountain that stood thousands of feet high, she never made it to the ground.
And it was not some mysterious magical shield or barrier saving her. It was a cold hand, darting out to catch her mid-fall while still managing to send a ray of warmth to her cold, cold blood.
He tugged her up, his expression the most thunderous she had ever seen it. And that was quite the achievement considering that Khaos hardly ever showed emotions. Not because he was entirely incapable of doing so, but because he preferred not to.
