The Ice Belle cut through the sky like a falling blade.
By the time Rus came into view beneath her, she didn't slow down.
She didn't search.
She didn't hesitate.
She simply felt him.
Faint and suppressed but there.
Her expression tightened instantly as she locked onto the exact position beneath the palace structure, and without waiting another second, she dropped.
The impact was catastrophic.
She hit the upper layers of the castle complex like a meteor wrapped in freezing pressure, stone and reinforced wood exploding outward as entire sections of the structure buckled under the sheer force of her descent. Floor after floor collapsed beneath her as she tore downward through the building, not taking stairs, not taking corridors, just brute force movement through resistance that couldn't withstand her momentum.
Guards reacted too late.
By the time they realized what was happening, she was already inside the inner chamber system.
A final crash shattered the last barrier.
