"He hadn't breached the walls. He had breached command, and he had touched Elias. Now he would face the Vayne Law unchained."
ALARIC'S POV
The ground trembled beneath my boots, or it was the sheer force of the Vayne Law surging through my body, demanding release. The chaos of the final, desperate assault was an overwhelming wave, but the Crestwood Law held me steady, a core of purified vengeance. I raced down the main stone staircase, the heavy, metallic Alpha Armor clanking against the masonry. Behind me, the entire core command structure was mobilizing to the rallying point: the Northern Gate, the strongest point of the entire fortress.
