The silence didn't last.
It never did.
Not here.
Not after something like that.
The moment Nyxara broke the connection
The void reacted.
Violently.
A deep, thunderous crack tore through the sky above them, splitting the darkness like glass under pressure.
Nyxara's head snapped upward.
"…that's new."
Cassian didn't respond.
Because he already knew.
This wasn't just a reaction.
This was retaliation.
The fragments those countless floating shards of ancient power began to move.
Not drifting.
Not hovering.
Moving.
Fast.
Purposefully.
Toward them.
Nyxara's stomach dropped.
"…they're not waiting anymore."
Cassian exhaled slowly, his breathing still uneven from before.
"They felt it."
A pause.
"The connection."
Nyxara clenched her fists.
"Then we destroy them before they get close."
She raised her hand
Dark energy surged
But before she could release it
The first fragment struck.
Fast.
Too fast.
