Chapter 58 Altar Under Siege

• (POV: Isabela)
• A sudden crack split the air, so near it stung my ears. Not at all like those muffled booms from far off - the ones during the chaos at the party or echoes past my room. Closer now. Real. Final.
• Midnight fabric flashed across my vision. That quick shape came out of stillness without warning. A beat passed where nothing made sense. Then force hit like weather - sudden, total. My body flew sideways because his did not hesitate. Space changed when solid weight crashed between me and whatever followed.