Chapter 99

• Aurora's POV
• The cosmic maelstrom raged around us as I stood at the precipice of an impossible choice. Mason and Ethan were suspended in twin vortexes of void energy, their life forces flickering like candles in a storm. The Void Lord's final, desperate attack had left me with a decision that threatened to tear my heart in two.
• "Choose, Star Walker," the Void Lord's voice echoed across dimensions. "Save your hunter, tainted by the shadows of his past? Or your protector, whose love has become a chain?"