Chapter 124
Kael felt the change before it fully happened. The pressure inside him didn't just push anymore. It focused.
His breath caught, sharp and sudden, and the control he had been forcing into place slipped for a fraction of a second. That was all it needed.
Mira felt it through her hand immediately. The reaction beneath her palm tightened instead of settling, like something had turned toward her instead of resisting blindly, and her focus sharpened as her body adjusted without hesitation.
"It's changing," she said, quieter now.
Kael didn't answer. He was already fighting to hold something that had stopped behaving the way it had before.
The force inside him didn't surge randomly. It moved with intent.
Ryder stepped further into the room, the bond pulling hard enough to make his chest tighten as his focus locked onto Kael. He didn't need anyone to explain it, because the shift had already reached him before he crossed the doorway.
"What is that?" he asked.
