Chapter 109 – Trap
He couldn't feel the ground beneath him. Couldn't even feel the weight of gravity, yet he knew they were descending—or being pulled deeper.
And beside him—
Selena.
Still in his grip. Still close.
Her hand trembling faintly in his. Her body brushing his side in the fall, breaths shallow and uncertain.
This wasn't a transport error.
This wasn't a misfire.
This wasn't ambient holy energy.
This was a trap.
A deliberate one.
Set mid-day. In the middle of a public park. In the heart of the Celestial Realm.
In broad daylight.
An assassination attempt.
Here.
Lux's eyes narrowed. His mind raced. But there was no opening—no spell he could cast in this kind of displacement. No sigils. No teleportation. Not even spatial anchoring would hold in this kind of holy flux.
He knew how this worked.
