Chapter 115: Breaking Point
The falling bridge shuddered beneath the triplets’ feet. Kael grabbed his brothers as chunks of starlight fell around them. "We need to get home now!" he yelled.
"The bridge is falling apart!" Ronan yelled back. "How do we—" "Through the mate bond," Darian interrupted. "Elara showed us the way here. We can reverse it."
Above them, Elara’s silver form pulsed with unstable energy. Every pulse sent another wave of deadly magic toward their world. She was losing control totally.
"Elara!" Kael called out. "You have to stop! You’re killing our people!" Her voice echoed from everywhere at once.
"I can’t control it! The power is too strong!" Vex, the ancient Guardian, laughed coldly. "She will destroy everything she loves.
This is what happens to those who defy us." Another massive wave of silver energy burst outward. The triplets felt it hit their pack lands like a nuclear bomb.
Back home, the second wave was even worse than the first. Pack members who had survived the original blast were now changing into something inhuman. Their eyes turned fully silver.
Their words became echoes of Elara’s anguish. "Help us," they whispered in unison, their separate personalities fading away. Alpha Marcus, still struggling with his shadow-creature form, tried to keep order.
But when the second wave hit him, something inside snapped. His love for his kids twisted into burning hatred. "This is their fault!" he roared, his voice carrying supernatural authority.
"The triplets brought this curse! They must die!" Every afflicted pack member heard the order. Those who could still move began looking for Kael, Ronan, and Darian with murderous intent.
Dr. Sarah’s burning touch had grown so hot that she melted everything around her. "I can’t stop," she sobbed, leaving pools of liquid metal where she walked.