Chapter 10 The Fall Of Trust

The room was still, a thick silence hanging in the air. The flickering remnants of the artifact's power faded, but the lingering weight of what had just happened pressed down on Lila's chest. The cold, invisible presence that had filled the space seemed to hold her in place, suffocating her. She could feel the aftershocks of the power she had unleashed—a storm that had only just begun. Kai was standing beside her, his eyes wide and still filled with confusion. He didn't speak, his gaze lost in the shadow of what had just happened. The leader, the man who had tried to manipulate them both, had fled, his plan falling apart in the face of forces neither he nor anyone else could control.