"The end of war is not silence , it is the echo of every heart that dared to keep beating."
The silence in the Royal Chambers was not peace; it was the chilling, absolute void left by the annihilation of Vorath. I stood over the spot where the Dark Alpha had vanished, my body vibrating with residual Vayne Law energy, my heart hammering a brutal, triumphant rhythm against my ribs. The war was definitively, irrevocably over, but the danger was far from it, and "Elias," I gasped, tearing my gaze from the dust of the purg,e and I spun back to my mate, falling onto my knees beside him.
