Chapter 304 Jealous Hearts Collide

• POV: Luna
• I collapsed. Synthesis had succeeded but the cost was devastating. Every reserve depleted. Every enhancement exhausted. Eclipse power drained to nothing. Dual mate bonds barely sustaining consciousness instead of enhancing capability.
• Cole's shadow loomed. Reaching. Claiming. Understanding that exhaustion made resistance impossible. That vulnerability created opportunity. That vessel transformation would succeed now despite previous opposition because power depletion eliminated prevention regardless of determination or desperate attempts at fighting when fighting required energy that didn't exist.