"Power is not measured by force alone; it is perfected in the stillness that holds chaos in balance."
Elias POV
I was suspended in the eye of a storm I had not summoned, yet one that demanded my complete obedience. Shifter power thrummed through me, vibrating with the immense force drawn from the Sun-Stone Nexus, channelled with surgical precision by Niko, and focused into a lethal spear by Alaric. Every fiber of my being existed to remain, the still, silent center that allowed Alpha Powers to flow without shattering the Double Anchor Bond or destroying my body. The effort was a quiet agony, a meditation in pain, a vow etched in every bone and muscle. Even breathing felt like a risk; each intake could ripple through the Bond, destabilizing the delicate equilibrium that held the chamber together.
