There was no sound when the separation began.
No explosion.
No dramatic signs.
Only one step.
And the world changed.
Aurelia felt the shift the moment her foot touched the next fragment.
The light beneath her pulsed.
Not strong.
But deep.
And sudden.
The connection…
Changed.
Not gone.
But distant.
She turned around.
Ragnar, Kael, and Orion still stood a few steps behind her.
But.
Something was different.
The distance between them felt… farther than it looked.
As if space itself was starting to pull them in different directions.
"Did you feel that?"
Kael asked softly.
Aurelia nodded.
"It has begun."
Ragnar smirked slightly.
"Good. I've been waiting for something like this."
But even he.
Did not step forward.
For the first time.
He hesitated.
Orion took one step forward.
But as he tried to get closer.
The fragment beneath him moved.
Shifting the path.
Creating a gap.
"As we suspected," he murmured.
"This path won't let us stay together."
