Chapter 46 The Last Door

• The night pressed heavy on the academy ruins, thick with mist and the whisper of old magic. Scarlet stood at the edge of the collapsed courtyard, staring at the cracked stone archway that had appeared only hours after Kael’s warning. A doorway made of shadows… pulsing faintly like a heartbeat.
• Lucien arrived behind her, his steps quiet, his energy tense.
• “Scarlet,” he said softly, “that door wasn’t here yesterday.”